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]

Complete \Com*plete"\ (k[o^]m*pl[=e]t"), a. [L. completus, p. p.
   of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. See Full, a.,
   and cf. Comply, Compline.]
   1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from
      deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. "Complete
      perfections." --Milton.
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            Ye are complete in him.               --Col. ii. 10.
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            That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
            Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon. --Shak.
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   2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is
      complete.
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            This course of vanity almost complete. --Prior.
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   3. (Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it
      or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens,
      and pistil.

   Syn: See Whole.
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Complete \Com*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Completed; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Completing.]
   To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to
   perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish;
   as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of
   education.
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         Bred only and completed to the taste
         Of lustful appetence.                    --Milton.
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         And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate. --Pope.

   Syn: To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end;
        fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate;
        accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.
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complete
completeness

   See also complete graph, complete inference system,
   complete lattice, complete metric space, complete partial
   ordering, complete theory.

   [1. or 2. or both?]

   (1996-04-24)