Complete Meaning
/kəmˈpliːt/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
verbTo finish; to make done; to reach the end.
verbTo make whole or entire.
Sentence Examples
It's a complete mess, and it's getting on my nerves.
When will you complete the preparations?
Students are required to complete all homework assignments.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
You must ____ the entire application form before the interview.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You must quickly ____ the final exam before the sudden bell rings.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō (“to fill up, to complete”) (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō (“to fill, to fulfill”) (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”) (English full).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"The second level of reading we will call Inspectional Reading. It is characterized by its special emphasis on time. When reading at this level, the student is allowed a set time to complete an assigned amount of reading. He might be allowed fifteen minutes to read this book, for instance—or even a book twice as long."
— 1972, Mortimer J. Adler, Charles Van Doren, How to Read a Book, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 18:
"The Tsengwen Reservoir, located at Nanhsi village, Tainan, was completed in 1973."
— 1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development, volume II, Taipei: Modern China Press, →OCLC, page 416:
"How far are you willing to reach?
While you're coveting outcomes that you can't achieve
Now you're on a mission, but you won't complete
Shouldn't hold on to me, hold on to me
Try to let go of me, let go of me"
— 2023, “30 Under 13”, performed by Better Lovers:
"[…]and two enormous Scottish poems, the Buik of Alexander, which has been improbably ascribed to Barbour, and Sir Gilbert Hay's Buik of Alexander the Conquerour; one nearly complete Prose Life of Alexander and fragments of four others; a stanzaic translation of the Fuerres de Gadres which survives only in a fragment, the Romance of Cassamus, and three separate translations of the Secreta Secretorum."
— 2012, William Matthews, The Tragedy of Arthur, University of California Press, page 68:
"Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work."
— 2012 March-April, Terrence J. Sejnowski, “Well-connected Brains”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, archived from the original on 27 Apr 2017, page 171:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
You must ____ the entire application form before the interview.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
You must quickly ____ the final exam before the sudden bell rings.