- 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
— complete·ly adverb
— com·plete·ness noun
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com·ple·tive \-ˈplē-tiv\ adjective —
complete with : made complete by the inclusion of <a birthday cake complete with candles>
