Meaning

4 senses
  1. (ambitransitive)To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

    He completed the assignment on time.

    beenden, fertigstellen, fertigmachen

    заверша́тьzaveršátʹ, заверши́тьzaveršítʹ, зака́нчиватьzakánčivatʹ

    заве́ршуватиzavéršuvaty, заве́ршитиzavéršyty

    come or bring to a finish or an end

  2. (transitive)To make whole or entire.

    The last chapter completes the book nicely.

    komplettieren, ergänzen, vervollständigen

    укомплекто́выватьukomplektóvyvatʹ, комплектова́тьkomplektovátʹ, укомплектова́тьukomplektovátʹ

    комплектува́тиkomplektuváty

  3. To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.

  4. (informal)To accomplish every significant achievement within a field

Examples

1072 sentences
  1. The project was a complete failure.

    Цей проект був абсолютним провалом. — deniko

    ruПроект полностью провалился. — Ivanovb

    deDas Projekt war ein totaler Fehlschlag. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The work must be completed by tomorrow.

    Роботу треба закінчити до завтра. — Internecivus

    ruРаботу надо сделать до завтра. — Biga

    deDie Arbeit muss morgen erledigt sein. — samueldora

  3. I thought Tom was a complete idiot.

    Я думав, що Том повний ідіот. — deniko

    ruЯ считал Тома полным идиотом. — sharptoothed

    deIch hielt Tom für einen völligen Schwachkopf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. Tom was unable to complete the job.

    Том не зміг закінчити роботу. — deniko

  5. Tom wasn't able to complete the job.

    Том не зміг закінчити роботу. — deniko

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
to finish:
to make whole or entire:
Русский
By meaning 2
to finish:
to make whole or entire:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
to finish:
to make whole or entire:

Origin

From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin

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).

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Forms

completes, completing, completed, completed
Base formcomplete · to complete
3rd person singularcompletes
Present participlecompleting
Past simplecompleted
Past participlecompleted

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycomplete
he, she, itcompletes

Past simpleLesson

all personscompleted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave completed
he, she, ithas completed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill complete

Synonyms

25 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • was a complete
  • a complete idiot
  • to complete the
  • complete the work
  • complete waste of
  • complete faith in
  • have complete faith
  • a complete waste
  • complete idiot
  • complete the job
  • complete the project
  • able to complete

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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