completion

noun

com·​ple·​tion kəm-ˈplē-shən 

1

: the act or process of completing

his completion of graduate school

2

: the quality or state of being complete

Her second novel is near completion.

3

: a completed forward pass in football

Examples of completion in a Sentence

He will receive his degree upon completion of his studies.

The quarterback has 11 completions in 20 attempts for 80 yards.

Recent Examples on the Web

Aggies had a 59-yard completion and a first down at UM’s 11, but settled for a short field goal try that Reuben Bain blocked. —Miami Herald, 20 Dec. 2025

Amitabh now earns $200 per hour for his work training AI models for micro1, based on a pay stub viewed by CNBC Make It, and a company spokesman confirmed that Amitabh has earned nearly $300,000, including project completion bonuses, for his work dating back to January. —Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 19 Dec. 2025

Lunch Winfield led a drive that included a 32-yard completion to Charles Robertson and a pass interference penalty on Delaware. —CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025

Robertson came away with the game’s Offensive Most Valuable Player award with 5 receptions for 102 yards and set up Wall’s first score by tossing a 43-yard completion to Kellan Oliver. —Charles Baggarly & Darren Lauber, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Dec. 2025

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Late Latin complētiōn-, complētiō, from Latin complēre "to fill, make up, carry to completion" + -tiōn-, -tiō, suffix of verbal action — more at complete entry 1

First Known Use

1657, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Phrases Containing completion

• near completion

Rhymes for completion

• accretion
• concretion
• deletion
• depletion
• excretion
• repletion
• secretion
• carburetion
• grecian
• hypersecretion

Kids Definition

completion

noun

com·​ple·​tion kəm-ˈplē-shən 

: the act or process of completing : the state of being complete

a job near completion