complete
/kəm'pli:t/
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Definition
Adjective:
- Having all necessary parts; whole; entire: "complete" describes something that has all its parts or elements, lacking nothing.
- Finished; ended; concluded: "complete" indicates that an action or process has been brought to a final state.
- Absolute; total; thorough: "complete" is used as an intensifier to mean absolute or without qualification.
- Highly skilled; accomplished: "complete" can describe a person who is fully proficient or accomplished in a particular field.
Verb:
- To finish making or doing; to bring to an end: "complete" means to finish a task, process, or object.
- To make whole or perfect; to provide with all necessary parts: "complete" means to add what is missing to make something entire.
- To fill in the required information on a form or document.
Examples of Usage
Adjective:
- The library has a complete set of his novels.
- The project is now complete and ready for review.
- His silence was a complete surprise to everyone.
- She is a complete professional in her field.
Verb:
- Please complete the assignment by Friday.
- The new wing will complete the museum's collection.
- Remember to complete all sections of the application form.
Advanced Usage
"to complete with": to have as a feature or part.
- The model comes complete with detailed instructions.
"a complete and utter...": an emphatic phrase meaning absolute or total.
- The plan was a complete and utter disaster.
"the complete works of...": all the works produced by a particular author, composer, or artist.
- I'm reading the complete works of Shakespeare.
Variants and Related Words
Completion (n): the action or state of finishing or being finished.
- We celebrated the completion of the building.
Completely (adv): totally; entirely.
- I completely agree with you.
Incomplete (adj): not having all the necessary parts; not finished.
- The data set is incomplete.
Synonyms
- Adjective: Entire, whole, total, finished, concluded, absolute, thorough, accomplished.
- Verb: Finish, conclude, finalize, accomplish, fulfill.
Related Phrasal Verbs
Complete against: (Less common) To compete with or rival.
- Our team will complete against the champions next week.
Complete for: (Less common) To compete for something.
- Several companies are completing for the contract.
Related Idioms
The complete package: Someone or something that has all the desirable qualities.
- As a candidate, she is the complete package: smart, experienced, and personable.
A complete stranger: Someone whom one does not know at all.
- He was warned not to talk to complete strangers.
Adjective
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
- the harvesting was complete
- the affair is over, ended, finished
- the abruptly terminated interview
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
- highly skilled
- an accomplished pianist
- a complete musician
- perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
- a complete gentleman
- consummate happiness
- a consummate performance
- having every necessary or normal part or component or step
- a complete meal
- a complete wardrobe
- a complete set of the Britannica
- a complete set of china
- a complete defeat
- a complete accounting
Verb
- write all the required information onto a form
- fill out this questionnaire, please!
- make out a form
- complete a pass
- complete or carry out
- discharge one's duties
- bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements
- A child would complete the family
- come or bring to a finish or an end; others finished in over 4 hours"
- He finished the dishes
- She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree
- The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours