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com·plete (kəm plēt)

adjective

  1. lacking no component part; full; whole; entire
  2. brought to a conclusion; ended; finished
  3. thorough; absolute to have complete confidence in someone
  4. accomplished; skilled; consummate

Etymology: ME & OFr complet < L completus, pp. of complere, to fill up, complete < com-, intens. + plere, to fill: see full

transitive verb completed -·plet′ed, completing -·plet′·ing

  1. to end; finish; conclude
  2. to make whole, full, or perfect
  3. to successfully execute or effect to complete a telephone call, complete a forward pass

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