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verb/kəmˈpliːt/
/kəmˈpliːt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they complete | /kəmˈpliːt/ /kəmˈpliːt/ |
| he / she / it completes | /kəmˈpliːts/ /kəmˈpliːts/ |
| past simple completed | /kəmˈpliːtɪd/ /kəmˈpliːtɪd/ |
| past participle completed | /kəmˈpliːtɪd/ /kəmˈpliːtɪd/ |
| -ing form completing | /kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/ /kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/ |
- complete something to finish making or doing something
- to complete a course/project
- to complete a task/mission
- to complete your education/training
- She's just completed a master's degree in Law.
- He has recently completed his first year at Durham University.
- The work should be completed by December.
- She successfully completed the London Marathon in April.
Extra Examples- I've fully completed my training.
- The project should be completed within a year.
- The police have now completed their investigations.
- The project has now been successfully completed.
- We have recently completed a 10-year study.
- Arrangements for the trip have now been completed.
- Construction of the new road has now been successfully completed.
- He went to America to complete his education.
- It is unlikely that the repairs will be completed on time.
- When he has completed his studies, he'll travel the world.
- Implementation is likely to require two to three years to complete.
- The merger is expected to be completed by the end of the year.
- She completed her hat-trick (= scored her third goal in the match) in the 75th minute.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- on schedule
- on time
- successfully
- …
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- complete something to write all the information you are asked for on a form synonym fill something in
- 2 000 shoppers completed our questionnaire.
- Has the form been correctly completed?
- Participants completed a survey designed to collect several types of information.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- accurately
- correctly
- complete something to make something whole or perfect
- I only need one more card to complete the set.
- Complete the following sequence: 2, 3, 5, 13…
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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