Pronunciation: k ə m- ' pl ē t
Function: adjective
Inflected Form: com · plet · er ; -est
Etymology: Middle English complet, from Latin completus, from past participle of compl ē re
Date: 14th century
1 a : having all necessary parts, elements, or steps <a complete diet> b : having all four sets of floral organs c of a subject or predicate : including modifiers, complements, or objects
2 : brought to an end : CONCLUDED <a complete period of time>
3 : highly proficient <a complete artist>
4 a : fully carried out : THOROUGH <a complete renovation> b : TOTAL , ABSOLUTE < complete silence> c of a football passive : legally caught
5 of insect metamorphosis : characterized by the occurrence of a pupal stage between the motile immature stages and the adult ― compare INCOMPLETE 1b
6 of a metric space : having the property that every Cauchy sequence of elements converges to a limit in the space
synonyms see FULL
– complete · ly adverb
– com · plete · ness noun
– com · ple · tive \ - ' pl ē -tiv \ adjective
– complete with : made complete by the inclusion of <a birthday cake complete with candles>