Also spelled compleat
Meanings
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1
adj
Having all the necessary parts; whole.
A complete meal should contain protein, carbohydrates, and fibre.
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2
verb
To finish making or doing something.
A round of espresso completed the meal.
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3
verb
To write all the required information on a form.
Please complete the form and return it to the office.
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4
adj
Used to emphasize that something is total or absolute.
The evening was a complete disaster.
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5
adj
Finished; brought to an end.
With the harvesting complete, the farmer took a long rest.
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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).
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