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  • 11complete — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. complet full, or directly from L. completus, pp. of complere to fill up, complete the number of (a legion, etc.), transferred to to fill, to fulfill, to finish (a task), from com , intensive prefix (see COM (Cf. com… …

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  • 12complete — adj *full, plenary, replete Analogous words: entire, *whole, total, all: *perfect, intact, whole, entire Antonyms: incomplete complete vb finish, conclude, *close, end, terminate Analogous words: effect, fulfill, achieve, execute, accomplish, * …

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  • 13complete — [[t]kəmpli͟ːt[/t]] ♦ completes, completing, completed 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n (emphasis) You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be. The rebels had taken complete control... It shows a… …

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  • 14complete — com|plete1 [ kəm plit ] adjective *** 1. ) including all the parts, details, or features: The library is fortunate to have an almost complete set of these publications. The system needs a complete overhaul. Our family just wouldn t feel complete… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 15complete */*/*/ — I UK [kəmˈpliːt] / US [kəmˈplɪt] adjective 1) [only before noun] used for emphasizing that someone or something has a particular quality He s a complete idiot! She s the complete opposite to me. There had been a complete breakdown of trust and… …

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  • 16complete — com|plete1 W1S2 [kəmˈpli:t] adj [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: complet, from Latin, past participle of complere to fill up , from com ( COM ) + plere to fill ] 1.) [usually before noun] used to emphasize that a quality or situation is as …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 17complete — 1 adjective 1 a word used to emphasize that a quality you are describing is as great or extreme as possible: Their engagement came as a complete surprise to me. | The police were in complete control of the situation. | a complete… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 18complete — com•plete [[t]kəmˈplit[/t]] adj. v. plet•ed, plet•ing 1) having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of golf clubs[/ex] 2) finished; ended; concluded: a complete orbit[/ex] 3) having all the required or… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19complete — completable, adj. completedness, n. completely, adv. completeness, n. completer, n. completive, adj. completively, adv. /keuhm pleet /, adj., v., completed, completing. adj …

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  • 20Complete — To be complete is to be in the state of requiring nothing else to be added. Complete may also refer to: Complete (Lila McCann album) Complete (News from Babel album) Complete (complexity), in mathematics Complete metric space, in mathematics… …

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