COMPLETION Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

completion

noun

Definition of completion

as in culmination

the act of finishing something The family celebrated the completion of their youngest child's education.

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Recent Examples of completion Tagovailoa has the fourth-best completion percentage in the NFL (68 percent) since joining the league in 2020. — Josh Kendall, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026 The suit alleges his punishment threatens a doctorate seven years in the making and two quarters from completion. — Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026 Saraf saw Tisch as a place to share his experience in initiating projects and seeing them through to completion. — Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 31 Aug. 2026 Quarterback Mark Gronowski came in at halftime and finished with 97 yards on 50% completion, a much better performance than his single-yard performance against the Giants. — Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for completion

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Noun

The court’s decision will mark the culmination of the fight against the map.

— Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
The culmination of a $4 billion project, the observatory is now on its way to a distant orbit beyond the moon.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of culmination

Noun

Even with their reluctance to run, the Tigers rank last with a 69 percent success rate on steals.

— Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
But, Pace says, those successes also should raise questions among policymakers about whether and why a civil government agency such as NASA needs to operate launch sites in the first place.

— Elizabeth Howell, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of success

Noun

The completion of the Dolphin AIP programme therefore represents a considerable engineering achievement for TKMS, according to the company.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
The Cinecon Legacy Award is an honor given by the Cinecon Classic Film Festival to entertainment professionals for their lifetime achievements and contributions to the motion picture and entertainment industries.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of achievement

Noun

Whenever possible, leaders should test workflows, involve frontline employees in the evaluation process and consider the full lifecycle cost of implementation, integration, support, upgrades and maintenance.

— Paul Toomey, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
The council eventually agreed in May to delay implementation of the minimum wage increase by 18 months in exchange for the business coalition withdrawing the gross receipts measure.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of implementation

Noun

Their arrival is also welcome for many locals, battered by the economic impact of the Iran war their American visitors were fighting.

— Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Supporters point to more than 1 million additional jobs, lower unemployment, tighter public finances and a decline in migrant arrivals as evidence that the unusual period of continuity has produced tangible results.

— Silvia Stellacci, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of arrival

Noun

Still, with all the aforementioned accomplishments, and decades later, Steinem said that her naysayers used her bunny work in an attempt to discredit her.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
To Morrison, as well as to the filmmakers, this awful backstory makes something cathartic of his accomplishment.

— Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplishment

Noun

This realization marks the current era of AI creativity, defined by the transition to the AI Agent.

— Coco Mao, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Perhaps Huck, who did not respond to a request for comment, came to this realization a little late and is looking to avoid getting stuck in a money-pit situation.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 31 Aug. 2026

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