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complete
English
Etymology
From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of comple? (“I fill up, I complete”) (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + ple? (“I fill, I fulfill”) (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh?- (“to fill”) (English full).
Alternative forms
- compleat (archaic)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?pli?t/
- Rhymes: -i?t
- Hyphenation: com?plete
Verb
complete (third-person singular simple present completes, present participle completing, simple past and past participle completed)
- (transitive, intransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
- Synonyms: accomplish, finish; see also Thesaurus:end
- (transitive) To make whole or entire.
- Synonyms: consummate, perfect, top off
- (poker) To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Related terms
Translations
Adjective
complete (comparative completer or more complete, superlative completest or most complete)
- With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
- Synonyms: entire, total; see also Thesaurus:entire
- Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
- Synonyms: concluded, done; see also Thesaurus:finished
- Generic intensifier.
- Synonyms: downright, utter; see also Thesaurus:total
- (mathematical analysis, of a metric space) In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.
- (algebra, of a lattice) In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
- (mathematics, of a category) In which all small limits exist.
- (logic, of a proof system of a formal system with respect to a given semantics) In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.
- Gödel's first incompleteness theorem showed that Principia could not be both consistent and complete. According to the theorem, for every sufficiently powerful logical system (such as Principia), there exists a statement G that essentially reads, "The statement G cannot be proved." Such a statement is a sort of Catch-22: if G is provable, then it is false, and the system is therefore inconsistent; and if G is not provable, then it is true, and the system is therefore incomplete.WP
- (computing theory, of a problem) That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it (usually in polynomial time or logarithmic space).
Antonyms
- incomplete
Hyponyms
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
complete (plural completes)
- A completed survey.
- 1994, industry research published in Quirk's Marketing Research Review, Volume 8, p. 125; Research Services Directory Blue Book, published by the Marketing Research Association, p 552; and Green Book, Volume 32, published by the New York Chapter, American Marketing Association, p. 451
- “If SSI says we're going to get two completes an hour, the sample will yield two Qualifieds to do the survey with us.”
- 2013, Residential Rates OIR webinar published by PG&E, January 31, 2013
- “…our market research professionals continue to advise us that providing the level of detail necessary to customize to each typical customer type would require the survey to be too lengthy and it would be difficult to get enough completes.”
- 2016, "Perceptions of Oral Cancer Screenings Compared to Other Cancer Screenings: A Pilot Study", thesis for Idaho State University by M. Colleen Stephenson.
- “Don’t get discouraged if you’re on a job that is difficult to get completes on! Everyone else on the job is most likely struggling, and there will be easier surveys that you will dial on.”
- 1994, industry research published in Quirk's Marketing Research Review, Volume 8, p. 125; Research Services Directory Blue Book, published by the Marketing Research Association, p 552; and Green Book, Volume 32, published by the New York Chapter, American Marketing Association, p. 451
Further reading
- complete in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- complete in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
References
Anagrams
- Lecompte
Interlingua
Adjective
complete (comparative plus complete, superlative le plus complete)
- complete
Italian
Adjective
complete
- feminine plural of completo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kom?ple?.te/, [k?m?p??e?t??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kom?ple.te/, [k?m?pl??t??]
Verb
compl?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of comple?
Portuguese
Verb
complete
- first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of completar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of completar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of completar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of completar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kom?plete/, [kõm?ple.t?e]
Verb
complete
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of completar.
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of completar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of completar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of completar.
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ful
Catalan
Adjective
ful (indeclinable)
- Of or pertaining to Fula.
Noun
ful m (uncountable)
- Fula
Related terms
- fulbe
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *f?laz, cognate with Swedish ful, English foul, German faul, Dutch vuil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu??l/, [?fu?l]
- Homophone: fugl
Adjective
ful (neuter fult, plural and definite singular attributive fule)
- (dated) nasty, ugly
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ????? (f?l).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu?l/
Noun
ful m (collective, singulative fula, paucal fuliet)
- broad bean, broad beans
See also
- fa?ola
Middle English
Adverb
ful
- very; much; to a great extent
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
- And I seide, "Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. […]
- And I said, "Sir, in his time master John Wycliffe was held by very many men the greatest clerk that they knew living upon earth. And with this he was named, as I believe worthily, an excellent ruly and innocent man in all his living. […]
- And I seide, "Ser, in his tyme maister Ioon Wiclef was holden of ful many men the grettis clerk that thei knewen lyuynge vpon erthe. And therwith he was named, as I gesse worthili, a passing reuli man and an innocent in al his lyuynge. […]
- 1407, The Testimony of William Thorpe, pages 40–41
- full
- ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
- and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
- and failing he was dead in a good old [age], and of great age, and full of days, and he was gathered to his people.
- and failynge he was deed in a good elde, and of greet age, and ful of dayes, and he was gaderyd to his puple.
- ca. 1384, John Wycliffe, Wycliffe Bible (translation from the Vulgate), Genesis 25:8
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *f?laz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f???/
- Homophone: fugl
- Rhymes: -???
Adjective
ful (masculine and feminine ful, neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulere, indefinite superlative fulest, definite superlative fuleste)
- clever, sly
References
- “ful” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “ful” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *f?laz.
Adjective
ful (masculine and feminine ful, neuter fult, definite singular and plural fule, comparative fulare, indefinite superlative fulast, definite superlative fulaste)
- clever, sly
References
- “ful” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *fullaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ful/
Adjective
ful
- Alternative form of full
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *f?laz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fu?l/
Adjective
f?l
- foul (dirty, stinking, vile, corrupt)
Declension
Derived terms
- f?lnes
Descendants
- Middle English: foul
- English: foul
- Scots: foul
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *full
Adjective
ful
- full
Descendants
- North Frisian:
- Föhr-Amrum: fol
- West Frisian: fol
Old Irish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ful/
Verb
·ful
- third-person singular present subjunctive prototonic of fo·loing
Mutation
Old Saxon
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl?h?nós.
Adjective
ful
- full
Declension
Related terms
- fullian
Descendants
- Low German: vull
Plautdietsch
Adjective
ful
- foul, rotten, putrid
- lazy, shiftless, indolent, slothful
Polish
Etymology
From English full.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ful/
Noun
ful m inan
- (poker) full house
Declension
Romanian
Etymology
From English full.
Noun
ful n (plural fuluri)
- (poker) full house
Declension
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse fúll, from Proto-Germanic *f?laz. Compare English foul, Dutch vuil, German faul.
Pronunciation
- (Sweden) IPA(key): /f??l/
- Rhymes: -??l
Adjective
ful
- ugly; of displeasing appearance
- Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.
- That's the ugliest kid I've ever seen.
- Det var den fulaste unge jag någonsin sett.
- dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules
- Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.
- Larsson pulled off a really dirty tackle.
- Larsson gjorde en riktigt ful tackling.
- prefix indicating a state of low or poor quality: an ironic opposite of fin, "fine, elegant."
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
- Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.
- Shoulders hunched, he tip-toed toward the pulpit, a bashful little boy with an awful haircut.
- Hukande tassade han fram till predikstolen, en skygg liten gosse med fulsnaggat hår.
- 2000, Mikael Niemi, Populärmusik från Vittula p. 35; English translation by Laurie Thompson: Popular Music from Vittula (2003), p. 36.
Declension
Related terms
- asful
- fulöl
- fulsnygg
- skitful
Anagrams
- Ulf, ulf
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English fool.
Noun
ful
- fool
Volapük
Noun
ful (nominative plural fuls)
- fullness
Declension
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