单词 | completion |
释义 | completion (once / 745 pages) n When something comes to completion, it's finished. In football, a pass that's been caught is called a completion. If a wide receiver has a lot of completions, then he had a good day: that means he caught a lot of passes. But if the receiver is out of bounds or drops the ball, then there's no completion. Quarterbacks are judged by their completion rate, too. Off the gridiron, you can use the word completion to talk about anything that's been completed or achieved. Graduation day marks the completion of high school. The completion of a new building or a PhD can take years. WORD FAMILYcompletion: completions+/complete: completed, completely, completeness, completes, completest, completing, completion, incomplete, uncomplete/completed: uncompleted/incomplete: incompletely, incompleteness, incompleter, incompletest/incompleteness: incompletenesses USAGE EXAMPLESKaaya leaves Miami as the school’s career record-holder in yards, completions and attempts. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) Protesters camped in North Dakota for months to try to stop completion of the project. Seattle Times(Jan 02, 2017) Each student is tested and placed according to current levels, then moves through the ranks to program completion. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1n a concluding action Syn|Hypo|Hyper closing, culmination, mop up, windup consummation the act of bringing to completion or fruition consummationthe completion of marriage by sexual intercourse finish, finishingthe act of finishing finalisation, finalizationthe act of finalizing follow-throughcarrying some project or intention to full completion follow-throughthe act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion graduationthe successful completion of a program of study fruition, realisation, realizationsomething that is made real or concrete fulfillment, fulfilmentthe act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc) close, closing curtain, finale, finisthe concluding part of any performance conclusion, ending, termination the act of ending something 2n (American football) a successful forward pass in football Syn|Hyper pass completion maneuver, manoeuvre, play a deliberate coordinated movement requiring dexterity and skill |
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