Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

complete

/kəmˈpliːt/

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: 5.10 in modern English

Syllables
com-plete
IPA
/kəmˈpliːt/
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To finish; to make done; to reach the end.

verb

To make whole or entire.

Transitive verb

verb

To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.

verb

to accomplish every significant achievement within a field

Informal

adj

With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.

adj

In which every Cauchy sequence converges to a point within the space.

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Etymology

From Middle English compleet (“full, complete”), borrowed from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of compleō (“to fill up, to complete”) (whence also complement, compliment), from com- + pleō (“to fill, to fulfill”) (whence also deplete, replete, plenty), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (“to fill”) (English full).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *pleh₁-, compleet, complet, completus

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /kəmˈpliːt/
  • British English: /kəmˈpliːt/

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Questions

How do you pronounce complete?
The recorded pronunciation is /kəmˈpliːt/.
What does complete mean?
To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
Where does complete come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

How to pronounce complete

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