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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Alternative spellings 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Usage notes 1.4.2 Synonyms 1.4.3 Antonyms 1.4.4 Translations 1.5 Adjective 1.5.1 Synonyms 1.5.2 Derived terms 1.5.3 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Adjective

[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
distribute	ordinary	forms	#948: complete	access	ways	grave

[ Etymology

From Old French complet "full".

[ Alternative spellings

• compleat (archaic)

[ Pronunciation

•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -iːt

[ Verb

Infinitive to complete

Third person singular completes

Simple past completed

Past participle completed

Present participle completing

to complete (third-person singular simple present completes, present participle completing, simple past and past participle completed)

1. (transitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

   He completed the assignment on time.

2. (transitive) To make whole or entire.

   The last chapter completes the book nicely.

[ Usage notes

• This is a catenative verb that takes thee gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs

[ Synonyms

• accomplish
• finish

[ Antonyms

• incomplete

[ Translations

to finish

Arabic: بت Chinese: 完成 Czech: dokončit cs(cs) Dutch: voltooien nl(nl) Finnish: suorittaa loppuun, saada valmiiksi French: accomplir fr(fr) German: beenden, fertigstellen Greek: ολοκληρώνω el(el) Hebrew: להשלים (le'hashlym) Italian: completare it(it), compiere it(it)

Japanese: 完了する Kurdish: Sorani: ته‌واو کردن ku(ku) (tawAw kirdin) Polish: ukończyć Portuguese: terminar pt(pt) Russian: завершить (zavershit') Spanish: terminar es(es) Swedish: avsluta, färdigställa Telugu: పూర్తిచేయు (poorthicheyu), ముగించు (muginchu)

to make whole or entire

Dutch: aanvullen nl(nl) German: komplettieren

Italian: completare it(it), riempire it(it)

[ Adjective

complete (comparative more complete, superlative most complete)

1. With everything included.

   It was a complete shock when he turned up on my doorstep.

2. (analysis, of a metric space) in which every Cauchy sequence converges
3. (algebra, of a lattice) in which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound

[ Synonyms

• (with everything included): entire, total

[ Derived terms

• completeness
• completist
• completely
• completion

[ Translations

with everything included

Arabic: كامل ar(ar) (kāmil) Catalan: complet m., completa f. Chinese: 完全 Czech: úplný cs(cs) m. Dutch: volledig, compleet, allesomvattend (less used) French: complet fr(fr) m., complète fr(fr) f. German: ganz de(de), komplett de(de), vollständig de(de) Greek: πλήρης m. and f., πλήρες n. Indonesian: lengkap, sempurna, komplit

Italian: completo it(it) m., completa it(it) f. Japanese: 完成 (かんせい, kansei), 完全な (かんぜん, kanzen) Kurdish: Sorani: ته‌واو ku(ku) (tawAw) Polish: kompletny Portuguese: completo pt(pt) m., completa pt(pt) f. Romanian: complet ro(ro) Russian: вполне m/f/n (vpolne) Spanish: completo es(es) m., completa es(es) f. Swedish: komplett sv(sv), fullständig sv(sv) Telugu: పూర్తి (poorthi), సంపూర్ణమైన (sampoornamaina)

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[ Italian

[ Adjective

complete pl.

1. Feminine form of completo.