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 c of a subject or predicate : including modifiers, complements, or objects
2 : 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> c of a football pass : legally caught
5 of insect metamorphosis : characterized by the occurrence of a pupal stage between the motile immature stages and the adult — compare incomplete 1b
6 of 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>