complete
1. come or bring to a finish or an end (Freq. 52)
- He finished the dishes
- She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree
- The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours
• Syn:
finish
• Derivationally related forms:
finisher (for: finish), finish (for: finish), finishing (for: finish), completion
• Hypernyms:
end, terminate
• Hyponyms:
close, top, top off, get through, wrap up,
finish off, mop up, polish off, clear up, finish up, see through,
round out, finish out, follow through, follow up, follow out, carry out,
implement, put through, go through, carry through, accomplish, execute,
action, fulfill, fulfil
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s VERB-ing
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- They won't complete the story
2. bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements (Freq. 5)
- A child would complete the family
• Hypernyms:
fill, fill up, make full
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. complete or carry out (Freq. 3)
- discharge one's duties
• Syn:
dispatch, discharge
• Hypernyms:
carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,
fulfill, fulfil
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. complete a pass (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
nail
• Derivationally related forms:
completion
• Topics:
football, football game
• Hypernyms:
play
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. write all the required information onto a form (Freq. 1)
- fill out this questionnaire, please!
- make out a form
• Syn:
fill out, fill in, make out
• Entailment:
write down, set down, get down, put down
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
1. having every necessary or normal part or component or step (Freq. 67)
- a complete meal
- a complete wardrobe
- a complete set of the Britannica
- a complete set of china
- a complete defeat
- a complete accounting
• Ant:
incomplete
• Similar to:
absolute, downright, out-and-out, rank, right-down,
sheer, accomplished, completed, realized, realised, all,
all-or-none, all-or-nothing, all-out, full-scale, allover, clean,
dead, utter, exhaustive, thorough, thoroughgoing, fleshed out,
full-clad, full, total, full-blown, full-dress, good,
hearty, self-contained, sound, stand-alone
• See Also:
comprehensive, whole
• Derivationally related forms:
completeness
• Attrubites:
completeness
2. perfect and complete in every respect;
having all necessary qualities (Freq. 4)
- a complete gentleman
- consummate happiness
- a consummate performance
• Syn:
consummate
• Similar to:
perfect
• Derivationally related forms:
completeness
3. without qualification;
used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
- an arrant fool
- a complete coward
- a consummate fool
- a double-dyed villain
- gross negligence
- a perfect idiot
- pure folly
- what a sodding mess
- stark staring mad
- a thoroughgoing villain
- utter nonsense
- the unadulterated truth
• Syn:
arrant, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross,
perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing,
utter, unadulterated
• Similar to:
unmitigated
4. having come or been brought to a conclusion
- the harvesting was complete
- the affair is over, ended, finished
- the abruptly terminated interview
• Syn:
concluded, ended, over, all over, terminated
• Similar to:
finished
5. highly skilled
- an accomplished pianist
- a complete musician
• Syn:
accomplished
• Similar to:
skilled
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