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complete 1, adjective (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: complet, from Latin, past participle of complere 'to fill up', from com- ( COM-) + plere 'to fill']
[usually before noun] used to emphasize that a quality or situation is as great as it could possibly be
-synonym total total
::The police were in complete control of the situation.
::Their engagement came as a complete surprise to me.
::This is a complete waste of time .
a complete fool/idiot etc
::Meg realized she'd been a complete fool.
::a complete stranger
::The darkness was almost complete.
including all parts, details, facts etc and with nothing missing
-synonym whole whole
-opposite incomplete incomplete
::a complete set of china
::The list below is not complete.
:: the complete works of Shakespeare (=a book, CD etc containing everything Shakespeare wrote)
[not before noun] finished
-opposite incomplete incomplete
::Work on the new building is nearly complete.
complete with sth
having particular equipment or features
::The house comes complete with swimming pool and sauna.
-- completeness n [U]
::For the sake of completeness I should mention one further argument.