completed
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Finished or concluded: Refers to something that has been brought to an end or finalized.
- Whole or entire: Describes something that is fully done, with all parts or steps finished.
- (Of a forward pass in American football) caught: Describes a legal forward pass that is successfully caught by an eligible receiver.
- (Of a marriage) consummated: Refers to a marriage that has been finalized by the first act of sexual intercourse after the wedding ceremony.
Usage Examples
- General Use:
- The construction of the bridge was completed ahead of schedule.
- Please submit the completed form to the office.
- Specific Contexts:
- The quarterback threw a completed pass for a touchdown. (American football)
- In some legal traditions, a marriage is not considered completed until it is consummated.
Advanced Usage
- "a completed action": An action that has been fully performed and finished.
- The report requires a list of all completed actions from last quarter.
- "deemed completed": Considered or judged to be finished.
- The transaction will be deemed completed upon receipt of payment.
Variants and Related Words
- Complete (verb): To finish making or doing something.
- She will complete her degree next year.
- Completion (noun): The action or state of finishing something.
- The project is nearing completion.
- Completeness (noun): The state of being whole or finished.
- We checked the data for completeness.
Synonyms
- Finished: Brought to an end.
- Accomplished: Successfully completed.
- Concluded: Brought to a close.
- Finalized: Given a final form; made complete.
- Realized: Achieved or fulfilled (an ambition, plan).
Antonyms
- Incomplete: Not finished.
- Unfinished: Not brought to an end.
- Ongoing: Still in progress; continuing.
Related Phrases
- Mission accomplished: A phrase indicating a task or objective has been successfully finished.
- With the signed contract, he felt it was mission accomplished.
- Work completed: A standard notation indicating tasks or jobs that are done.
- The invoice will be sent once the work is completed.
Adjective
- caught
- a completed forward pass
- (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony
- successfully completed or brought to an end
- his mission accomplished he took a vacation
- the completed project
- the joy of a realized ambition overcame him