having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full

a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.

finished; ended; concluded

a complete orbit.

having all the required or customary characteristics, skills, or the like; consummate; perfect in kind or quality

a complete scholar.

thorough; entire; total; undivided, uncompromised, or unmodified

a complete victory; a complete mess.

Grammar . having all modifying or complementary elements included

The complete subject of The dappled pony gazed over the fence is The dappled pony. Compare simple def. 20

Also, completed. Football . (of a forward pass) caught by a receiver.

Logic . (of a set of axioms) such that every true proposition able to be formulated in terms of the basic ideas of a given system is deducible from the set. Compare incomplete ( def. 4b ) .

Engineering . noting a determinate truss having the least number of members required to connect the panel points so as to form a system of triangles. Compare incomplete ( def. 3 ) , redundant ( def. 5c ) .

(of persons) accomplished; skilled; expert.

Mathematics .

of or pertaining to an algebraic system, as a field with an order relation defined on it, in which every set of elements of the system has a least upper bound.

of or pertaining to a set in which every fundamental sequence converges to an element of the set. Compare fundamental sequence .

(of a lattice) having the property that every subset has a least upper bound and a greatest lower bound.

to make whole or entire

I need three more words to complete the puzzle.

to make perfect

His parting look of impotent rage completed my revenge.

to bring to an end; finish

Has he completed his new novel yet?

to consummate.

Football . to execute (a forward pass) successfully

He completed 17 passes in 33 attempts.

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entirety , integrity , oneness , totality , wholeness , fullness , plenitude , plenum