Complete - Definition

complete

adj 1: having every necessary or normal part or component or
step; "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, uncomplete]
2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary
qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a
consummate performance" [syn: complete, consummate]
3: highly skilled; "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete
musician" [syn: accomplished, complete]
4: 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(a),
complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a),
everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a),
sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a),
utter(a), unadulterated]
5: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting
was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the
abruptly terminated interview" [syn: complete, concluded,
ended, over(p), all over, terminated]
v 1: come or bring to a finish or an end; "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: complete,
finish]
2: bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements;
"A child would complete the family"
3: complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" [syn:
dispatch, discharge, complete]
4: complete a pass [syn: complete, nail]
5: write all the required information onto a form; "fill out
this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn:
complete, fill out, fill in, make out]

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