completion en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /kəmˈpliː.ʃən/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /kəmˈpli.ʃən/ (General-American)
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Latin con- Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Italic *plēō Latin pleō Latin compleō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin completiolbor. English completion Learned borrowing from Latin completio. By surface analysis, complete + -tion.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
The building is nearing completion.
Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:The fundraising campaign was successfully stewarded to completion on time.
- (countable, uncountable) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
- (countable, uncountable) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
- (countable, uncountable) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
- (countable, uncountable) The space resulting from such an act.
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(countable, uncountable) Synonym of autocomplete.
tab completion
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(countable, euphemistic, uncountable) Orgasm.
The hot pants of her mouth against his neck as he'd plunged into her wet heat had almost brought him to completion immediately.
2024, Sarah Mallory, Lucy Morris, Harlequin Historical - January 2025 - Box Set 2 of 2, →ISBN:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| completions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
incompletion · unfinish · noncompletion · uncompletedness · incompleteness · incompletion · noncompleteness · unfinishedness · uncompletion
Deriveds
practical completion · μ-completion · postcompletion · semicompletion · precompletion · bicompletion · completionist · uncompletion · completionism · Knuth-Bendix completion algorithm · completion string · code completion · noncompletion · cocompletion
Hypernyms
Relateds
complete · completely · end · completive · finish
Synonyms
autocomplete · completion · fulfillness · completeness · execution · finishedness · conclusion · consummation · completement · fulfillment · doneness · accomplishment · realization
Translations (55)
ga slánú (making complete; conclusion) · cmn 完备化 (mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points) · ks أنٛزرَن (making complete; conclusion) · nn fullføring (making complete; conclusion) · gd lìonadh (making complete; conclusion) · pl uzupełnienie (mathematics: space resulting from such an act) · ja 完成 (making complete; conclusion) · de Vervollständigung (mathematics: space resulting from such an act) · la complētiō (making complete; conclusion) · nb fullførelse (making complete; conclusion) · tr tamamlama (making complete; conclusion) · nl afwerking (making complete; conclusion) · pl zakończenie (making complete; conclusion) · lad escapadura (making complete; conclusion) · nl afronding (making complete; conclusion) · bg завършек (making complete; conclusion) · el ολοκληρώνω (making complete; conclusion) · es compleción (making complete; conclusion) · fi loppu (making complete; conclusion) · lad escapación (making complete; conclusion) · pl ukończenie (making complete; conclusion) · eo plenumo (making complete; conclusion) · pt completude (making complete; conclusion) · de Vollendung (making complete; conclusion) · ro final (making complete; conclusion) · pl zrealizowanie (making complete; conclusion) · mi porotutukitanga (making complete; conclusion) · es completación (making complete; conclusion) · nl voltooiing (making complete; conclusion) · gd buil (making complete; conclusion) · pt conclusão (making complete; conclusion) · pl uzupełnienie (mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points) · ru заверше́ние (making complete; conclusion) · mi whakaotinga (making complete; conclusion) · mi whakahemonga (making complete; conclusion) · fr exécution (law: conclusion of an act of conveyancing) · ja 完了 (making complete; conclusion) · mi otinga (making complete; conclusion) · gd iomlanachd (making complete; conclusion) · got 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (making complete; conclusion) · pt completação (making complete; conclusion) · de Vervollständigung (making complete; conclusion) · de Fertigstellung (making complete; conclusion) · de Vervollständigung (mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points) · bg завършване (making complete; conclusion) · nl vervollediging (mathematics: space resulting from such an act) · pt completamento (making complete; conclusion) · gd ullamhachd (making complete; conclusion) · nb fullføring (making complete; conclusion) · fr achèvement (making complete; conclusion) · nl vervollediging (mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points) · lad escapadijo (making complete; conclusion) · nl vervollediging (making complete; conclusion) · it completamento (making complete; conclusion) · fi päätös (making complete; conclusion)