having every necessary or normal part or component or step
<adj.all> a complete meal a complete wardrobe a complete set of the Britannica a complete set of china a complete defeat a complete accounting
perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
<adj.all> a complete gentleman consummate happiness a consummate performance
highly skilled
<adj.all> an accomplished pianist a complete musician
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
<adj.all> 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
having come or been brought to a conclusion
<adj.all> the harvesting was complete the affair is over, ended, finished the abruptly terminated interview
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"\ (k[o^]m*pl[=e]t"), 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}.
That sale will complete the refunding auction.
Mr Cedric Brown, chief executive, said the group was at the start of a 'complete and radical transformation'.
But the ultimate payoff for BellSouth investors could be complete ownership of the new cellular-telephone company.
For weekends and evenings, the "'60s-inspired shapes complete with high crowns, flips and ponytails.
"He can pick and choose, and has complete freedom to take over whatever" inquiries or pending criminal cases he wants, this official said.
With a complete new car costing nearly Dollars 1.5bn to develop, the study says, collaboration and further outsourcing is inevitable.
Substantial efforts are needed to complete the formation of the single European market by the end of the year.
United spokesman Lawrence M. Nagin said the jet had undergone a complete four-day inspection 88 days before the accident, and a less intensive check Feb. 16.
Cache said that assuming the confirmation isn't appealed, Saul partners should complete the acquisition on or about next Monday.
Dravo said it expects to complete the transaction later in the quarter.
First Boston Corp., for example, put up nearly $1 billion to help Campeau Corp. complete its purchase of Allied Stores Corp.
The SEC has been successful at convincing courts to freeze the assets of alleged wrongdoers before they can complete the sales of securities and take the funds out.
This was a project KLM could not complete on its own. But KLM and British Airways had not re-started talks on a strategic alliance.
You must not lose complete communication with an enemy because ignorance can cause mistakes," he said.
The planned sale announced Friday would complete a major step in Texaco's post-Chapter 11 restructuring.
The documentation will be put before the Brazilian Senate for approval in early October. Brazilian officials said the plan was to begin signing the agreement by early October and complete it by the end of November.
Woodward's, which also operates a chain of western Canadian department stores, said it may complete an agreement with Canada Safeway within a week.
There are 34 different sections in the complete outfit, correctly known as a garniture.
The most elaborate come complete with floor plans, color-coded diagrams, price lists and payment schedules.
There were merry widow dresses too, complete with music-hall tights that had lace and garter effects under the full, bouncy skirts.
In 1981, the Aspen Institute set up a conference center, complete with restaurant, town houses and jogging trail, on 320 acres donated by the Strongs and AZL.
Mr. Gonring said the company expects to complete its financial restructuring by year-end, but he declined to be more specific.
Seagull Energy Corp. of Houston is expected to complete a $201 million purchase of oil and gas properties later this month.
A typical construction project overseas can take five years or more to complete.
Commissioned in 1874 from the architect Hippolyte Destailleurs, it took 15 years to complete. The situation, atop a pointed hill, was unpromising but the peak was sliced off and a huge artificial platform was erected to accommodate the house.
Nazarkin replaced Alexei Obukhov and had been chief Soviet envoy at the 40-nation Conference on Disarmament, which has been seeking for years to complete a treaty banning chemical weapons worldwide.
The 113-year-old school sent out 670 invitations _ complete with mortar boards and tassels.
"Our new authority to seek damages allows us to provide a complete remedy for victims of housing discrimination, and the civil penalty provision can constitute a signficant deterrent to such discrimination," Thornburgh said.
Minorco said Hudson Bay and Inspiration haven't been able to acquire the financing needed to complete US$160 million of modifications at Hudson Bay's Flin Flon copper smelter and zinc treatment plant in northern Manitoba.
In an ABC-TV interview aired Thursday, Saddam said Iraq favors a peace that it "comprehensive, complete and final."