complete
comp·lete
adjective
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”
having come or been brought to a conclusion
- “the harvesting was complete”
- “the affair is over, ended, finished”
- “the abruptly terminated interview”
verb
Origin
From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō (“to fill up, to complete”) (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō (“to fill, to fulfill”) (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”) (English full).
Phrases
- complete abortion
- complete and utter
- complete androgen insensitivity syndrome
- complete angle
- complete bipartite graph
- complete blood count
- complete game
- complete the square
- tab complete
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