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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
complete
adj
  1. having every necessary or normal part or component or step; "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
    Antonym(s): incomplete, uncomplete
  2. perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"
    Synonym(s): complete, consummate
  3. highly skilled; "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician"
    Synonym(s): accomplished, complete
  4. without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
    Synonym(s): arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated
  5. having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
    Synonym(s): complete, concluded, ended, over(p), all over, terminated
v
  1. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
    Synonym(s): complete, finish
  2. bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements; "A child would complete the family"
  3. complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties"
    Synonym(s): dispatch, discharge, complete
  4. complete a pass
    Synonym(s): complete, nail
  5. write all the required information onto a form; "fill out this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form"
    Synonym(s): complete, fill out, fill in, make out
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Complete \Com*plete"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Completed}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Completing}.]
      To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to
      perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish;
      as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of
      education.
  
               Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful
               appetence.                                             --Milton.
  
               And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate. --Pope.
  
      Syn: To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end;
               fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate;
               accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Complete \Com*plete"\, a. [L. completus, p. p. of complere to
      fill up; com- + plere to fill. See {Full}, a., and cf.
      {Comply}, {Compline}.]
      1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from
            deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate. [bd]Complete
            perfections.[b8] --Milton.
  
                     Ye are complete in him.                     --Col. ii. 10.
  
                     That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel
                     Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon. --Shak.
  
      2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is
            complete.
  
                     This course of vanity almost complete. --Prior.
  
      3. (Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it
            or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens,
            and pistil.
  
      Syn: See {Whole}.

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   complete
  
      See also {complete graph}, {complete inference system},
      {complete lattice}, {complete metric space}, {complete partial
      ordering}, {complete theory}.
  
      [1. or 2. or both?]
  
      (1996-04-24)
  
  
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