complete (verb)

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• complete — I (all embracing) adjective absolute all, all comprehending, all comprehensive, all covering, all inclusive, all pervading, all sufficing, blanket, broad based, capacious, comprehensive, consummate, developed, encyclopedic, entire, exhaustive,… …   Law dictionary

• complete — ► ADJECTIVE 1) having all the necessary or appropriate parts; entire. 2) having run its full course; finished. 3) to the greatest extent or degree; total. 4) skilled at every aspect of an activity: the complete footballer. 5) (complete with)… …   English terms dictionary

• complete — (adj.) late 14c., from O.Fr. complet full, or directly from L. completus, pp. of complere to fill up, complete the number of (a legion, etc.), transferred to to fill, to fulfill, to finish (a task), from com , intensive prefix (see COM (Cf. com… …   Etymology dictionary

• complete — [[t]kəmpli͟ːt[/t]] ♦ completes, completing, completed 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n (emphasis) You use complete to emphasize that something is as great in extent, degree, or amount as it possibly can be. The rebels had taken complete control... It shows a… …   English dictionary

• Verb argument — In linguistics, a verb argument is a phrase that appears in a syntactic relationship with the verb in a clause. In English, for example, the two most important arguments are the subject and the direct object.[1] Nearly all languages identify… …   Wikipedia

• complete — [14] Complete first reached English as an adjective, either via Old French complet or direct from Latin complētus. This was the past participle of complēre ‘fill up, finish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and plēre ‘fill’,… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• complete — [14] Complete first reached English as an adjective, either via Old French complet or direct from Latin complētus. This was the past participle of complēre ‘fill up, finish’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix com and plēre ‘fill’,… …   Word origins

• complete — com|plete1 [ kəm plit ] adjective *** 1. ) including all the parts, details, or features: The library is fortunate to have an almost complete set of these publications. The system needs a complete overhaul. Our family just wouldn t feel complete… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• complete — 1 adjective 1 a word used to emphasize that a quality you are describing is as great or extreme as possible: Their engagement came as a complete surprise to me. | The police were in complete control of the situation. | a complete… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• complete */*/*/ — I UK [kəmˈpliːt] / US [kəmˈplɪt] adjective 1) [only before noun] used for emphasizing that someone or something has a particular quality He s a complete idiot! She s the complete opposite to me. There had been a complete breakdown of trust and… …   English dictionary

• complete — I. adjective (completer; est) Etymology: Middle English complet, from Latin completus, from past participle of complēre Date: 14th century 1. a. having all necessary parts, elements, or steps < a complete diet > b. having all four sets of floral… …   New Collegiate Dictionary