Main Entry:
1com·plete Listen to the pronunciation of 1complete
Pronunciation:
\kəm-ˈplēt\
Function:
adjective
Inflected Form(s):
com·plet·er; com·plet·est
Etymology:
Middle English complet, from Latin completus, from past participle of complēre
Date:
14th century
1 a: having all necessary parts, elements, or steps <a complete diet> b: having all four sets of floral organs cof a subject or predicate : including modifiers, complements, or objects2: brought to an end : concluded <a complete period of time>3: highly proficient <a complete artist>4 a: fully carried out : thorough <a complete renovation> b: total, absolute <complete silence> cof a football pass : legally caught5of insect metamorphosis : characterized by the occurrence of a pupal stage between the motile immature stages and the adult — compare incomplete 1b6of a metric space : having the property that every Cauchy sequence of elements converges to a limit in the space