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Added 9 October 2026

complete

/kəmˈpliːt/ verb

In Latin: finiō Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about complete at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
He completed the assignment on time.
To make whole or entire.
The last chapter completes the book nicely.
To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.

adjective

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
My life will be complete once I buy this new television.
Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin.
Generic intensifier.
He is a complete bastard!

noun

A completed survey.

Origin

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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