complete
pronunciation
How to pronounce complete in British English:
UK [kəmˈpliːt]
How to pronounce complete in American English:
US [kəmˈpliːt]
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- Verb:
- come or bring to a finish or an end
- bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements
- complete or carry out
- complete a pass
- write all the required information onto a form
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- Adjective:
- having every necessary or normal part or component or step
- perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
- having all four whorls or principal parts--sepals and petals and stamens and carpels (or pistils)
- highly skilled
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- having come or been brought to a conclusion
Word Origin
- complete
- complete: [14] Complete first reached English as an adjective, either via Old French complet or direct from Latin complētus. This was the past participle of complēre ‘fill up, finish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com- and plēre ‘fill’, a word related to Latin plēnus ‘full’ (whence plenary, plenitude, plenty, etc) and indeed to English full.The verb complēre itself came into Old French as the now obsolete complir (complete as a verb is a later formation from the adjective), and was prefixed with a- to produce accomplir. From its stem accompliss- English got accomplish [14].=> accomplish, compliment, comply, expletive, plenary, plenty
- complete (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French complet "full," or directly from Latin completus, past participle of complere "to fill up, complete the number of (a legion, etc.)," transferred to "to fill, to fulfill, to finish (a task)," from com-, intensive prefix (see com-), + plere "to fill" (see pleio-).
- complete (v.)
- late 14c.; see complete (adj.). Related: Completed; completing.
Antonym
Example
- 1. Then the structure will be complete .
- 2. Complete purchase with a rewards card .
- 3. The whole thing was a complete joke .
- 4. The north also helped build a complete nuclear reactor in syria without tipping off western intelligence .
- 5. Nor is the idea complete fantasy .