complete
//kəmˈpliːt//
Forms
- present (v1)
- complete
- past (v2)
- completed
- past participle (v3)
- completed
- present participle
- completing
- 3rd person singular
- completes
- Comparative
- more complete
- Superlative
- most complete
- Plural
- completes
Definitions
1.To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
- He completed the assignment on time.
- The Tsengwen Reservoir, located at Nanhsi village, Tainan, was completed in 1973.
2.To make whole or entire.
- The last chapter completes the book nicely.
3.To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
1.With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
- She offered me complete control of the project.
- After she found the rook, the chess set was complete.
- My life will be complete once I buy this new television.
2.Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
- When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin.
3.Generic intensifier.
- Our vacation was a complete disaster.
- It was a complete shock when he turned up on my doorstep.
- He is a complete bastard!
4.In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.
1.A completed survey.
- “If SSI says we're going to get two completes an hour, the sample will yield two Qualifieds to do the survey with us.”
Frequency
Overall
Common· #1335
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Common
- Academic
- Uncommon
- Literature
- Rare
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Word family
Etymology
From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō (“to fill up, to complete”) (whence also complement, compliment)