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com·plete / kəmˈplēt/ • adj. 1. having all the necessary or appropriate parts: a complete list of courses offered by the college. ∎ (of all the works of a particular author) collected together in one volume or edition: the complete works of Shakespeare. ∎ entire; full: I only managed one complete term at school. ∎ having run its full course; finished: the restoration of the chapel is complete. 2. (often used for emphasis) to the greatest extent or degree; total: a complete ban on smoking their marriage came as a complete surprise to me. ∎ (also com·pleat) chiefly humorous skilled at every aspect of a particular activity; consummate: these articles are for the compleat mathematician. • v. [tr.] 1. finish making or doing: he completed his Ph.D. in 1983. ∎ Football (esp. of a quarterback) successfully throw (a forward pass) to a receiver. 2. make (something) whole or perfect: he only needed one thing to complete his happiness. ∎ write the required information on (a form or questionnaire). PHRASES: complete with having something as an additional part or feature. DERIVATIVES: com·plete·ness n. com·plet·er n. |
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"complete." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "complete." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-complete.html "complete." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-complete.html |
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T. F. HOAD. "complete." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "complete." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-complete.html T. F. HOAD. "complete." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-complete.html |
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•accrete, beat, beet, bittersweet, bleat, cheat, cleat, clubfeet, compete, compleat, complete, conceit, Crete, deceit, delete, deplete, discreet, discrete, eat, effete, élite, entreat, escheat, estreat, excrete, feat, feet, fleet, gîte, greet, heat, leat, leet, Magritte, maltreat, marguerite, meat, meet, mesquite, mete, mistreat, neat, outcompete, peat, Pete, petite, pleat, receipt, replete, seat, secrete, sheet, skeet, sleet, splay-feet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat
•backbeat • heartbeat • deadbeat
•breakbeat • offbeat • browbeat
•downbeat • drumbeat • upbeat
•sugar beet • Blackfeet • flatfeet
•forefeet • exegete • polychaete
•lorikeet • parakeet
•athlete, biathlete, decathlete, heptathlete, pentathlete, triathlete
•kick-pleat • paraclete • obsolete
•gamete • crabmeat • sweetmeat
•mincemeat • forcemeat • backstreet
•concrete • window seat
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"complete." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "complete." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-complete.html "complete." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-complete.html |
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