complete

Main Entry:: ¹com·plete
Pronunciation:: \kəm-ˈplēt\
Function:: adjective
Inflected Form(s):: com·plet·er; com·plet·est
Etymology:: Middle English complet, from Latin completus, from past participle of complēre
Date:: 14th century

1 a: having all necessary parts, elements, or steps <a complete diet> b: having all four sets of floral organs cof a subject or predicate : including modifiers, complements, or objects2: brought to an end : concluded <a complete period of time>3: highly proficient <a complete artist>4 a: fully carried out : thorough <a complete renovation> b: total , absolute <complete silence> cof a football pass : legally caught5of insect metamorphosis : characterized by the occurrence of a pupal stage between the motile immature stages and the adult — compare incomplete 1b6of a metric space : having the property that every Cauchy sequence of elements converges to a limit in the space

synonyms see full

— complete·ly adverb

— com·plete·ness noun

— com·ple·tive

\-ˈplē-tiv\ adjective

— complete with

: made complete by the inclusion of <a birthday cake complete with candles>

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