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== English == === Alternative forms === compleat (archaic) === Etymology === 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). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kəmˈpliːt/, /kɒmˈpliːt/ (General American) IPA(key): /kəmˈpliːt/ Rhymes: -iːt Hyphenation: com‧plete === Verb === complete (third-person singular simple present completes, present participle completing, simple past and past participle completed) (ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end. Synonyms: accomplish, finish; see also Thesaurus:end (transitive) To make whole or entire. Synonyms: consummate, perfect, top off (poker) To call from the small blind in an unraised pot. ==== Usage notes ==== This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Adjective === complete (comparative more complete or completer, superlative most complete or completest) With all parts included; with nothing missing; full. Synonyms: entire, total, whole; see also Thesaurus:entire Finished; ended; concluded; completed. Synonyms: concluded, done; see also Thesaurus:finished Generic intensifier. Synonyms: downright, utter; see also Thesaurus:total (mathematical analysis, of a metric space or topological group) In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space. (ring theory, of a local ring) Complete as a topological group with respect to its m-adic topology, where m is its unique maximal idea. (algebra, of a lattice) In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound. (mathematics, of a category) In which all small limits exist. (logic, of a proof system of a formal system with respect to a given semantics) In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable. (computing theory, of a problem) That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space). ==== Antonyms ==== incomplete ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === complete (plural completes) A completed survey. 1994, industry research published in Quirk's Marketing Research Review, Volume 8, p. 125; Research Services Directory Blue Book, published by the Marketing Research Association, p 552; and Green Book, Volume 32, published by the New York Chapter, American Marketing Association, p. 451 “If SSI says we're going to get two completes an hour, the sample will yield two Qualifieds to do the survey with us.” 2013, Residential Rates OIR webinar published by PG&E, January 31, 2013 “…our market research professionals continue to advise us that providing the level of detail necessary to customize to each typical customer type would require the survey to be too lengthy and it would be difficult to get enough completes.” 2016, "Perceptions of Oral Cancer Screenings Compared to Other Cancer Screenings: A Pilot Study", thesis for Idaho State University by M. Colleen Stephenson. “Don’t get discouraged if you’re on a job that is difficult to get completes on! Everyone else on the job is most likely struggling, and there will be easier surveys that you will dial on.” === References === === Further reading === “complete”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “complete”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === Lecompte == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔmˈpleː.tə/ Rhymes: -eːtə Hyphenation: com‧ple‧te === Adjective === complete inflection of compleet: indefinite masculine and feminine singular indefinite plural definite == Interlingua == === Etymology === From English complete, French complet, Spanish completo and Italian completo, all from Latin complētus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /komˈple.te/ === Adjective === complete (comparative plus complete, superlative le plus complete) complete === Verb === complete present participle of compler == Italian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /komˈplɛ.te/ Rhymes: -ɛte Hyphenation: com‧plè‧te === Adjective === complete feminine plural of completo == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈpɫeː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈplɛː.te] === Verb === complēte second-person plural present active imperative of compleō == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: com‧ple‧te === Verb === complete inflection of completar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /komˈplete/ [kõmˈple.t̪e] Rhymes: -ete Syllabification: com‧ple‧te === Verb === complete inflection of completar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative