definition of the word complete

< Middle English compleet (“‘full, complete’”) < Latin completus, pp. of complere (“‘to fill up, fill full, fulfil, complete’”) < com- + plere (“‘to fill’”), akin to full: see full and plenty and cf. deplete, replete. Cf. also complement, compliment.

• compleat (archaic)

• IPA: /kəmˈpliːt/
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• Rhymes: -iːt

to complete (third-person singular simple present completes, present participle completing, simple past and past participle completed)

1. (transitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

   He completed the assignment on time.

2. (transitive) To make whole or entire.

   The last chapter completes the book nicely.

• This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

• accomplish
• finish

• incomplete

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