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Definition of complete adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

complete

adjective
 
 
/kəmˈpliːt/
 
/kəmˈpliːt/
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  1.  
     including all the parts, etc. that are necessary; whole
    • a complete list/sequence/picture/profile
    • I've collected the complete set.
    • a complete guide to events in Oxford
    • the complete works of Shakespeare
    • You will receive payment for each complete day that you work.
    • You've made my life complete.
    • A New Year celebration would not be complete without fireworks.
    • No trip to Edinburgh would be complete without a visit to the castle.
    opposite incomplete
    Extra Examples
    • The book survives complete only in the second edition of 1533.
    • a remarkably complete account of the negotiations
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • survive
    • …
    adverb
    • remarkably
    • very
    • far from
    • …
    See full entry
  2.  
     [not before noun] finished
    • The job is almost complete.
    • Ther ordering process is nearly complete.
    • Construction of the new airport is scheduled to be complete by late September.
    • Work on the office building will be complete at the end of the year.
    opposite incomplete
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    adverb
    • almost
    • nearly
    • substantially
    • …
    See full entry
  3.  
     [usually before noun] used when you are emphasizing something, to mean ‘to the greatest degree possible’ synonym total
    • We were in complete agreement.
    • Refrigerators brought about a complete change in people's lifestyle.
    • They sat in complete silence.
    • He was a complete stranger to me.
    • The council's response shows a complete lack of understanding of the situation.
    • The army remains in complete control of the country.
    • It came as a complete surprise.
    • I felt a complete idiot.
    • You are talking complete and utter rubbish.
    Extra Examples
    • The whole thing has been a complete waste of time.
    • The film was a complete failure at the box office.
    • Their claims were widely believed despite a complete absence of evidence.
    • The whole procedure has become a complete farce.
    • The train came to a complete standstill.
    • The play was a complete disaster from beginning to end.
    • The accident caused the complete closure of the road.
    • It's a complete myth that he has royal blood.
    • He was in complete command of the situation.
    • After they had gone there was complete silence.
  4. complete with something [not before noun] including something as an extra part or feature
    • The furniture comes complete with tools and instructions for assembly.
    • The cruise ship is really a floating village, complete with shops, cafes and a doctor's surgery.
    5. Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of complere ‘fill up, finish, fulfil’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’.
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