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  • 31complete — adj. complete with (a turkey dinner complete with all the trimmings) * * * [kəm pliːt] complete with (a turkey dinner complete with all the trimmings) …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 32complete — /kəmˈplit / (say kuhm pleet) adjective 1. having all its parts or elements; whole; entire; full. 2. finished; ended; concluded. 3. Also, Archaic, compleat. a. perfect in kind or quality: a complete life. b. (of persons) accomplished; skilled;… …

  • 33complete —  Partridge includes complete in his list of false comparatives that is, words that do not admit of a comparison, such as ultimate and eternal (one thing cannot be more ultimate or more eternal than another). Technically, he is right, and you… …

    Bryson’s dictionary for writers and editors

  • 34complete —    Partridge includes complete in his list of false comparatives that is, words that do not admit of comparison, such as ultimate and eternal (one thing cannot be more ultimate or more eternal than another). Technically, he is right, and you… …

    Dictionary of troublesome word

  • 35complete — adjective 1》 having all the necessary or appropriate parts; entire.     ↘(complete with) having as an additional feature. 2》 having run its full course; finished. 3》 to the greatest extent or degree; total: a complete surprise. 4》 (also compleat) …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 36Complète — Complet Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 37complete — 1. verb /kəmˈpliːt/ a) To finish; to make done; to reach the end. He completed the assignment on time. b) To make whole or entire. The last chapter completes the book nicely …

    Wiktionary

  • 38complete — [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

  • 39complete — [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

  • 40complete — whole, entire, having all its elements, e.g. a complete lateral line runs from the head to the base of the tail and generally all scales in the line are pored …

    Dictionary of ichthyology