complete

adj., -plet·er, -plet·est.

1. Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire: a complete meal.
2. Botany. Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.
3. Having come to an end; concluded.
4. Absolute; total: “In Cairo I have seen buildings which were falling down as they were being put up, buildings whose incompletion was complete” (William H. Gass).
5. 1. Skilled; accomplished: a complete musician.
   2. Thorough; consummate: a complete coward.
6. Football. Caught in bounds by a receiver: a complete pass.

tr.v., -plet·ed, -plet·ing, -pletes.

1. To bring to a finish or an end: She has completed her studies.
2. To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts: A second child would complete their family.
3. Football. To throw (a forward pass) so as to be caught by a receiver.

[Middle English complet, from Latin complētus, past participle of complēre, to fill out : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + plēre, to fill.]

completely com·plete'ly adv.
completeness com·plete'ness n.
completive com·ple'tive adj.

SYNONYMS  complete, close, end, finish, conclude, terminate. These verbs mean to bring or come to a natural or proper stopping point. Complete and finish suggest the final stage in an undertaking: “Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime” (Reinhold Niebuhr). “Give us the tools, and we will finish the job” (Winston S. Churchill). Close applies to the ending of something ongoing or continuing: The band closed the concert with an encore. End emphasizes finality: We ended the meal with fruit and cheese. Conclude is more formal than complete and close: The author concluded the article by restating the major points. Terminate suggests reaching an established limit: The playing of the national anthem terminated the station's broadcast for the night. It also indicates the dissolution of a formal arrangement: The firm terminated my contract yesterday.

USAGE NOTE   Complete is sometimes considered absolute like perfect or chief, which is not subject to comparison. Nonetheless, it can be qualified as more or less, for example. A majority of the Usage Panel accepts the example His book is the most complete treatment of the subject. See Usage Notes at absolute.

adjective

1. Lacking nothing essential or normal: entire, full, intact, integral, perfect, whole. See part/whole.
2. Including every constituent or individual: all, entire, gross, total, whole. See part/whole.
3. Not shortened by omissions: unabbreviated, unabridged, uncensored, uncut, unexpurgated. See part/whole.
4. Not more or less: entire, full, good, perfect, round, whole. See part/whole, precise/imprecise.
5. Having reached completion: done, through. See part/whole.
6. Covering all aspects with painstaking accuracy: all-out, exhaustive, full-dress, intensive, thorough, thoroughgoing, thoroughpaced. See big/small/amount, careful/careless.
7. Completely such, without qualification or exception: absolute, all-out, arrant, consummate, crashing, damned, dead, downright, flat, out-and-out, outright, perfect, plain, pure, sheer, thorough, thoroughgoing, total, unbounded, unequivocal, unlimited, unmitigated, unqualified, unrelieved, unreserved, utter. Informal flat-out, positive. Chiefly British blooming. See big/small/amount, limited/unlimited.

verb

1. To bring or come to a natural or proper end: close, conclude, consummate, end, finish, terminate, wind up, wrap up. See start/end.
2. To supply what is lacking: complement, fill in (or out), round (off or out), supplement. See agree/disagree, part/whole.

adj

Definition: finished
Antonyms: imperfect, incomplete, unfinished

adj

Definition: total, not lacking
Antonyms: defective, deficient, imperfect, incomplete, lacking, missing, needy, short, wanting

v

Definition: carry out action
Antonyms: forget, give up, halt, ignore, neglect, stop

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Including all of the subdivisions of the whole.

• c. blood count (CBC) — see blood count.

IN BRIEF: Possessing all necessary parts.

The brain is not, and cannot be, the sole or complete organ of thought and feeling. — Antoinette Brown Blackwell, (1825-1921), American abolitionist, feminist, clergy.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - komplet, færdig, fuldendt
v. tr. - fuldføre, opfylde, udfylde, berigtige, fylde (år)

idioms:

• complete with    med tilhørende

Nederlands (Dutch)
compleet, voltallig, voltooien, afwikkelen, invullen (formulier)

Français (French)
adj. - complet, achevé, total, parfait (gentleman, sportif)
v. tr. - arranger, être complété, terminer, achever, compléter, remplir (questionnaire)

idioms:

• complete with    compléter par, mettre une touche finale

Deutsch (German)
v. - vervollständigen, komplettieren, beenden, abschließen
adj. - vollständig, komplett, völlig

idioms:

• complete with    komplett mit

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - συμπληρώνω, αποπερατώνω, ολοκληρώνω
adj. - πλήρης, ακέραιος, τέλειος, ολοκληρωμένος, (καθομ.) βέρος, γνήσιος, τέλειος, σκέτος

idioms:

• complete with    περιλαμβάνων και, χωρίς να του λείπει

Italiano (Italian)
completare, compiere, finire, terminare, ultimare, riempire, essere portato a fine, essere finito, essere terminato, completo, intero

idioms:

• complete with    adempiere a

Português (Portuguese)
v. - concluir, inteirar, completar
adj. - completo, concluído, perfeito

idioms:

• complete with    preencher com

Русский (Russian)
заканчивать, выполнять, закончиться

idioms:

• complete with    снабдить

Español (Spanish)
adj. - completo, acabado, terminado, perfecto, consumado, total
v. tr. - terminar, completar, concluir, acabar, llenar

idioms:

• complete with    lleno de, con ... y todo

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - avsluta, komplettera
adj. - komplett, uttömmande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
完整的, 完成的, 全部的, 结束的, 使齐全, 完成, 使完整, 结束

idioms:

• complete with    连同, 具有

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 完整的, 完成的, 全部的, 結束的
v. tr. - 使齊全, 完成, 使完整, 結束

idioms:

• complete with    連同, 具有

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 완전한, 철저한
v. tr. - 완성하다, 전부 갖추다, 성공하다

idioms:

• complete with    ~로 채우다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 全部の, 完備した, 完全な, 完了した, 完成した
v. - 完成する, 終える, 完全なものにする

idioms:

• complete with    完備した

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) كمل, أكمل, أتم, أنهى, أنجز, فرغ من (صفه) تام, كامل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שלם, מושלם, מוחלט, גמור‬
v. tr. - ‮סיים, השלים‬

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