completement

C2+ Topic:Actions & Processes

US /kəmˈplitmənt/ UK /kəmˈpliːtmənt/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the act of completing or the state of being complete (archaic)

The completement of the cathedral took over a century.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the act of completing or... completion fulfillment accomplishment achievement fruition

Opposites

incompletion

Word family

Related forms complete completion completeness

Etymology

From complete + -ment (or via Middle French complètement). Complete derives from Latin completus, past participle of complere ('to fill up, finish').

complere Latin plere Latin

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# completement

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈplitmənt/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpliːtmənt/

## Meanings
1. the act of completing or the state of being complete (archaic)

## Examples
- The completement of the cathedral took over a century.

## Synonyms
- completion
- fulfillment
- accomplishment
- achievement
- fruition

## Antonyms
- incompletion

## Related Forms
- complete
- completion
- completeness

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: complere
- Root: plere

## Etymology
From complete + -ment (or via Middle French complètement). Complete derives from Latin completus, past participle of complere ('to fill up, finish').

## AI Etymology
Completement comes from complete + -ment (or via Middle French complètement). Complete derives from Latin completus, past participle of complere ('to fill up, finish'). The historical trail runs through complere in Latin and plere in Latin. Morphologically, completement is transparent: it draws on complete + -ment (or via Middle French complètement). Used as a noun, completement now means "the act of completing or the state of being complete (archaic)", so the present definition can be read against the older forms and meanings. The same lexical family is also visible in related forms such as complete, completion, and completeness. The result is a borrowed or transmitted form whose modern spelling carries a compact record of its route into English.

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- Actions & Processes
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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