Definitions for complete
kəmˈplitcom·plete

Princeton's WordNet(4.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. complete(adj)

   having every necessary or normal part or component or step

   "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"

2. complete, consummate(adj)

   perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities

   "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"

3. accomplished, complete(adj)

   highly skilled

   "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician"

4. arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated(adj)

   without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

   "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"

5. complete, concluded, ended, over(p), all over, terminated(verb)

   having come or been brought to a conclusion

   "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"

6. complete, finish(verb)

   come or bring to a finish or an end

   "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

7. complete(verb)

   bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements

   "A child would complete the family"

8. dispatch, discharge, complete(verb)

   complete or carry out

   "discharge one's duties"

9. complete, nail(verb)

   complete a pass

10. complete, fill out, fill in, make out(verb)

    write all the required information onto a form

    "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. complete(Verb)

   To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

   He completed the assignment on time.

   Etymology: From compleet, from complet or completus, past participle of complere, from com- + *, akin to full: see full and plenty and compare deplete, replete. Compare also complement, compliment.

2. complete(Verb)

   To make whole or entire.

   The last chapter completes the book nicely.

   Etymology: From compleet, from complet or completus, past participle of complere, from com- + *, akin to full: see full and plenty and compare deplete, replete. Compare also complement, compliment.

3. complete(Adjective)

   in which every Cauchy sequence converges.

   Etymology: From compleet, from complet or completus, past participle of complere, from com- + *, akin to full: see full and plenty and compare deplete, replete. Compare also complement, compliment.

4. complete(Adjective)

   With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

   My life will be complete once I buy this new television.

   Etymology: From Middle English compleet ("full, complete") , borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō ("I fill up, I complete") (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō ("I fill, I fulfill") (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ("to fill") (English full).

5. complete(Adjective)

   Finished; ended; concluded; completed.

   When your homework is complete, you can go and play with Martin.

   Etymology: From Middle English compleet ("full, complete") , borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō ("I fill up, I complete") (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō ("I fill, I fulfill") (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ("to fill") (English full).

6. complete(Adjective)

   Generic intensifier.

   He is a complete bastard!

   Etymology: From Middle English compleet ("full, complete") , borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō ("I fill up, I complete") (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō ("I fill, I fulfill") (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ("to fill") (English full).

7. complete(Adjective)

   In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.

   Etymology: From Middle English compleet ("full, complete") , borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō ("I fill up, I complete") (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō ("I fill, I fulfill") (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ("to fill") (English full).

8. complete(Adjective)

   In which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.

   Etymology: From Middle English compleet ("full, complete") , borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō ("I fill up, I complete") (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō ("I fill, I fulfill") (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ("to fill") (English full).

9. complete(Adjective)

   In which all small limits exist.

   Etymology: From Middle English compleet ("full, complete") , borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō ("I fill up, I complete") (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō ("I fill, I fulfill") (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ("to fill") (English full).

10. complete(Adjective)

    In which every semantically valid well-formed formula is provable.[1]

    Etymology: From Middle English compleet ("full, complete") , borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō ("I fill up, I complete") (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō ("I fill, I fulfill") (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ("to fill") (English full).

11. complete(Adjective)

    That is in a given complexity class and is such that every other problem in the class can be reduced to it.

    QMA arises naturally in the study of quantum computation, and it also has a complete problem, Local Hamiltonian, which is a generalization of k-SAT.

    Etymology: From Middle English compleet ("full, complete") , borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō ("I fill up, I complete") (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō ("I fill, I fulfill") (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- ("to fill") (English full).

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Complete(adj)

   filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate

2. Complete(adj)

   finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete

3. Complete(adj)

   having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil

4. Complete(verb)

   to bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education

Freebase(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Complete

   In computational complexity theory, a computational problem is complete for a complexity class if it is, in a technical sense, among the "hardest" problems in the complexity class. More formally, a problem p is called hard for a complexity class C under a given type of reduction, if there exists a reduction from any problem in C to p. If a problem is both hard for the class and a member of the class, it is complete for that class. A problem that is complete for a class C is said to be C-complete, and the class of all problems complete for C is denoted C-complete. The first complete class to be defined and the most well-known is NP-complete, a class that contains many difficult-to-solve problems that arise in practice. Similarly, a problem hard for a class C is called C-hard, e.g. NP-hard. Normally it is assumed that the reduction in question does not have higher computational complexity than the class itself. Therefore it may be said that if a C-complete problem has a "computationally easy" solution, then all problems in "C" have an "easy" solution. Generally, complexity classes that have a recursive enumeration have known complete problems, whereas those that do not, don't have any known complete problems. For example, NP, co-NP, PLS, PPA all have known natural complete problems, while RP, ZPP, BPP and TFNP do not have any known complete problems.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Complete

   kom-plēt′, adj. free from deficiency: perfect: finished: entire.—v.t. to finish: to make perfect or entire: to accomplish.—adjs. Complēt′able; Complēt′ed.—adv. Complete′ly.—ns. Complete′ness, the state of being complete; Complē′tion, the act of completing: the state of being complete: fulfilment.—adjs. Complēt′ive; Complēt′ory, fulfilling: completing. [L. complēre, -ētum, to fill up—com, inten., and plēre, to fill.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. complete

   Having every accurate, perfect and specific element or facet.

   The complete jigsaw was made by the couple.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 2, 2020  

2. complete

   Having every accurate, perfect and specific element, process or detail.

   They have the complete process mapped out for the change program, it is so easy.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 1, 2020  

3. complete

   To achieve or fulfill a goal, plan or task.

   She did love to complete things well before the planned time.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 20, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'complete' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1064

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'complete' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1578

3. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'complete' in Verbs Frequency: #230

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'complete' in Adjectives Frequency: #134

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of complete in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of complete in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of complete in a Sentence

1. Nancy Pelosi:

   Speaker Wright was a person of deep courage, brilliant eloquence, and complete mastery of the legislative process. Speaker Wright's strong, decisive leadership built an indelible legacy of progress, not only in his beloved state of Texas, but around the world. Wright championed prosperity for every working family, and helped lead the way to peace to Central America.

2. John Kornblum:

   If you talk about her legacy, the common thread is that she has kept Europe together under very difficult circumstances, she used her leverage to keep the euro zone from breaking up, to keep Europe united on sanctions against Russia and lately to prevent a complete collapse over refugees.

3. Alexis Carrel:

   If you make a habit of sincere prayer, your life will be very noticeably and profoundly altered. Prayer stamps with its indelible mark our actions and demeanor. A tranquility of bearing, a facial and bodily repose, are observed in those whose inner lives are thus enriched. . . . Properly understood, prayer is a mature activity indispensable to the fullest development of personality . . . . Only in prayer do we achieve that complete and harmonious assembly of body, mind and spirit which gives the frail human reed its unshakable strengths.

4. Mort Crim:

   Today we may face some boring task or idle conversation that feels like a complete waste of time. Perhaps next week or next year we'll understand that nothing is wasted, that in the economy of our universe even a weed is simply a flower whose use has yet to be discovered.

5. Ahmed Al-Qureshi:

   What could aggravate the problem even more is the complete halt of the education process in Yemen's most populous areas, which will lead boys to go to battle as child soldiers and girls to early marriages.

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