completion

B2
US /kəmˈpliːʃən/
noun Freq #14843

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.

    Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.

  2. 2
    noun

    Synonym of autocomplete.

    tab completion

  3. 3
    noun

    a concluding action

  4. 4
    noun

    (American football) a successful forward pass in football

  5. 5
    noun

    The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.

  6. 6
    noun

    A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.

  7. 7
    noun

    The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.

  8. 8
    noun

    The space resulting from such an act.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin completio, completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to English complete + -ion.

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Thesaurus

Synonyms
2 noun · synonym of autocomplete. autocomplete
3 noun · a concluding action closingculminationmop upwindup
4 noun · (american football) a... pass completion
More accomplishmentcompletementcompletenessconclusionconsummationdonenessexecutionfinishednessfulfillmentfulfillnessrealization
Opposites
incompletionterminationunfinishedness
Word family
Derived forms bicompletioncocompletioncompletionismcompletionistnoncompletionpostcompletionprecompletionsemicompletionuncompletion
Related forms completecompletelycompletiveendfinish

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