completeverb [ T ]
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/complete verb [ T ] (MAKE WHOLE)
A2 to make whole or perfect:
Complete the sentence with one of the adjectives provided.
He only needs two more cards to complete the set.
All she needed to complete her happiness was a baby.
A2 to write all the details asked for on a form or other document:
Have you completed your application form yet?
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- At the last minute, we roped in a couple of spectators to complete the team.
- I need two more vases to complete the collection.
- The baby completed our family.
- Some heavy curtains completed the furnishings in the living room.
- Her family completed the list of guests.
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Filling and completing
- brick
- brick up sth
- brim
- crowd
- crowd sb/sth out
- fill
- filling
- jam
- occupancy
- occupy
- overcrowded
- overran
- overrun
- plug
- suffuse
- supersaturated
- tank
- tank up
- top sb up
- top sth up
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complete verb [ T ] (FINISH)
A2 to finish doing something:
He's just completed filming his 17th feature film.
The palace took over 20 years to complete.
She will complete her studies in France.
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- I have a lot of reading assignments to complete before the end of term.
- It is not practicable to complete the tunnel before the end of the year.
- How do you propose to complete the project in such a short time scale?
- Tick off each item on the list as you complete it.
- She managed to complete her last film well within budget.
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Causing something to end
- abandon
- all good things (must) come to an end idiom
- and have done with it idiom
- be over the hump idiom
- bitter
- draw
- knock off (sth)
- lay
- lay sth to rest idiom
- lay the ghost of sth (to rest) idiom
- leave it at that idiom
- leave off (sth/doing sth)
- lid
- lift
- raise
- suppression
- the curtain falls on sth idiom
- to the bitter end idiom
- top sth off
- walk
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completeadjective
uk/kəmˈpliːt/us/kəmˈpliːt/complete adjective (VERY GREAT)
B1 [ before noun ] very great or to the largest degree possible:
The man's a complete fool!
I need a break, a complete change of scene.
I made a complete and utter mess of it!
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- I have complete confidence in her. She'll be perfect for the job.
- All replies will be treated with complete confidentiality.
- At school she had complete contempt for all her teachers.
- His answer demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of the question.
- The evening was a complete disaster.
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Linguistics: very & extreme
- abject
- awful
- badly
- beyond
- classic
- classical
- devastating
- drop dead! idiom
- eminently
- esp
- especially
- heartily
- impossibly
- rather
- sheer
- specially
- supremely
- thoroughly
- whole
- wide
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complete adjective (WHOLE)
B1 with all the parts:
the complete works of Oscar Wilde
The report comes complete with (= including) diagrams and colour photographs.
Sun, sand, and romance - her holiday was complete.
More examples
- She bought me the complete dramatic works of Brecht for my birthday.
- We are now offering you the chance to buy the complete set of pans at half price.
- Our complete range of carpets is on display in our showroom.
- If we all club together, we'll be able to get her the complete dinner set.
- The demonstrators seemed to represent a complete cross-section of society - male and female, old and young, rich and poor.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Complete and whole
- A, a
- a/one hundred percent idiom
- absolutely
- all or nothing idiom
- all-in-one
- all-inclusive
- flat
- full-fledged
- full-length
- fully
- fully fledged
- heart and soul idiom
- plain
- root
- totally
- unabridged
- unadulterated
- unconditional
- uncut
- undivided
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