- The definition of complete is someone or something that is finished or whole and that is not missing anything or any parts.
An example of complete is a finished puzzle that has all 100 pieces.
- To complete is to finish something, to make something whole or see a task through to the end.
An example of complete is when you finish your homework.
- lacking no component part; full; whole; entire
- brought to a conclusion; ended; finished
- thorough; absolute: to have complete confidence in someone
- accomplished; skilled; consummate
- ⌂ Football successfully executed: said of a forward pass
Origin of completeMiddle English and amp; Old French complet ; from Classical Latin completus, past participle of complere, to fill up, complete ; from com-, intensive + plere, to fill: see full
- to end; finish; conclude
- to make whole, full, or perfect
- to successfully execute or effect: to complete a telephone call, complete a forward pass
- Having all necessary or normal parts, components, or steps; entire: a complete medical history; a complete set of dishes.
- Botany Having all principal parts, namely, the sepals, petals, stamens, and pistil or pistils. Used of a flower.
- Having come to an end; concluded: The renovation of the kitchen is complete.
- a. Absolute; thorough: complete control; a complete mystery.b. Accomplished; consummate: a complete musician.
- Football Caught in bounds by a receiver: a complete pass.
transitive verbcom·plet·ed, com·plet·ing, com·pletes
- To bring to a finish or an end: She has completed her studies.
- To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts: A second child would complete their family. Fill in the blanks to complete the form.
- Football To throw (a forward pass) that is caught in bounds by a receiver.
Origin of completeMiddle English complet, from Latin compl&emacron;tus, past participle of compl&emacron;re, to fill out : com-, intensive pref.; see com– + pl&emacron;re, to fill; see pel&schwa;-1 in Indo-European roots.
(third-person singular simple present completes, present participle completing, simple past and past participle completed)
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing).
(comparative completer or more complete, superlative completest or most complete)
- With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
- My life will be complete once I buy this new television.
- She offered me complete control of the project.
- After she found the rook, the chess set was complete.
- Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
- When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin.
- Generic intensifier.
- He is a complete bastard!
- It was a complete shock when he turned up on my doorstep.
- Our vacation was a complete disaster.
- (analysis, Of a metric space) in which every Cauchy sequence converges.
- (algebra, Of a lattice) in which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
- (mathematics, Of a category) in which all small limits exist.
- (logic, of a proof system of a formal system) With respect to a given semantics, that any well-formed formula which is (semantically) valid must also be provable.
From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of complere (“to fill up, fill full, fulfil, complete”), from com- + *plere (“to fill”), akin to full: see full and plenty and compare deplete, replete. Compare also complement, compliment.