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

This low-and-slow process of nuclear fusion in the lowest mass stars ensures that 100% of the raw hydrogen inside of them will eventually burn, fusing to completion. —Big Think, 6 Feb. 2026

The completion of the case pending the emergence of new evidence, announced on Wednesday, moves the school and community into yet another phase of the aftermath of the shooting. —Alan Gionet, CBS News, 5 Feb. 2026

Mahomes ranked 36th out of 38 qualifying quarterbacks in fourth-quarter completion percentage. —Sam McDowell 5, Kansas City Star, 5 Feb. 2026

The administrator of Bondurant's Courtyard Estates at Hawthorne Crossing will keep her state license subject to the completion of 10 hours of training on wandering patients. —Clark Kauffman, Iowa Capital Dispatch, 5 Feb. 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