verb
- Come or bring to a finish or an end.
- usage: "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
- synonyms: finish
- Bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements.
- usage: "A child would complete the family"
- Complete or carry out.
- usage: "discharge one's duties"
- Complete a pass.
- synonyms: nail
- Write all the required information onto a form.
- usage: "fill out this questionnaire, please"; "make out a form"
adjective
- Having every necessary or normal part or component or step.
- usage: "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
- Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities.
- usage: "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"
- synonyms: consummate
- Highly skilled.
- usage: "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician"
- synonyms: accomplished
- Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
- usage: "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"
- synonyms: arrant, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated
- Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
- usage: "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
- synonyms: concluded, ended, over, all over, terminated
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