Completion definition

kəm-plēshən
The act of completing, or finishing.
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The state of being completed.
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(football) A successful forward pass.
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(football) A forward pass that is caught in bounds by a receiver.
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The act of completing or the state of being completed.
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The definition of completion is the act of finishing something in its entirety or the state of being entirely finished.

When a new construction project of a bridge is entirely finished, this is an example of completion.

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The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
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(mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
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(mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
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(law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
completion
Plural:
completions

Origin of completion

  • Latin completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to English complete +‎ -tion.

    From Wiktionary

Completion Sentence Examples

  • On the completion of drilling, or when the production is found to decrease, it is usual to torpedo the well to increase the flow.

  • On the completion of their contract my father received instructions to sell by public auction the whole of their plant.

  • Richardson being associated with the work before its completion.

  • It is interesting to find that a rude pipe-line formerly existed in this field for conveying the crude oil from the wells to the river; this was made of bamboos, but it is said that the loss by leakage was so great as to lead to its immediate abandonment on completion.

  • Two large refineries, one on Newtown Creek, Long Island, and another in South Brooklyn, also on Long Island, were in successful operation when the abundant pr oduction of petroleum, which immediately followed the completion of the Drake well, placed at the disposal of the refiner a material which could be worked more profitably than bituminous shale.

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