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

If all of this array of multi-billion-dollar projects make it to completion, America’s LNG export capacity will more than double by that year. —David Blackmon, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026

Two weeks before the design is scheduled for completion, Linley’s team will contact you to determine a date for delivery and installation. —Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 17 May 2026

The Mumbai- and Berlin-based company is coming on board the new films as a creative and strategic partner – covering completion, co-production pathways, festival circulation, and distribution – while also broadening its work across fiction, international co-productions, and service production. —Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 17 May 2026

Although the government restored the funding to 7 billion won this year, the budget disruption delayed the development timeline by approximately one year, pushing the project completion date back to 2029. —Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 17 May 2026

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