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

Following the completion of the conceptual design, General Atomics has submitted specific licensing documents to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Nov. 2025

On the other side of the football, Patriots quarterback Drake Maye is leading everyone with a 71% pass completion rate and has thrown for 3,130 yards and 21 touchdowns while adding 307 yards and two touchdowns on the ground. —Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2025

The documents detailed the completion of two particular facilities staffed with 1,250 mobile phones that controlled 76,000 accounts on a popular social media platform. —Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 28 Nov. 2025

Darkroom presents recently or nearly completed films to the international industry seeking gap or completion funding, sales agents and festivals with the support of expert consultancy. —Leo Barraclough, Variety, 27 Nov. 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