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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

complete
     adj 1: having every necessary or normal part or component or step;
            "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete
            set pf the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a
            complete defeat"; "a complete accounting" [ant: incomplete,
             incomplete]
     2: perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary
        qualities; "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness";
        "a consummate performance" [syn: consummate]
     3: (botany) having all four whorls or principal parts--sepals
        and petals and stamens and carpels (or pistils); "complete
        flowers" [ant: incomplete]
     4: highly skilled; "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete
        musician" [syn: accomplished]
     5: 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" [syn: arrant, complete,
         consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross,
         perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring,
         thoroughgoing, utter]
     6: having come or been brought to a conclusion; "the harvesting
        was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the
        abruptly terminated interview" [syn: concluded, ended,
         over, 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"
          [syn: 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" [syn: dispatch,
         discharge]
     4: complete a pass, in football [syn: nail]
     5: write all the required information onto a form; "fill out
        this questionnaire, please!"; "make out a form" [syn: fill
        out, fill in, make out]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

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.
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. ``Complete
      perfections.'' --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.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

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)