complete
English
/kəmˈpliːt/
verb
Definitions
- (ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
- (transitive) To make whole or entire.
- (poker) To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English compleet (complete, full) borrowed from Old French complet borrowed from Latin completus (fill up) derived from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- (fill, full, many).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pleh₁-
Gloss
fill, full, many
Concept
Semantic Field
Quantity
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Quiverfull English
- autocomplete English
- autocompletion English
- bicomplete English
- bicompleteness English
- bicompletion English
- chock full English
- cocomplete English
- cocompleteness English
- cocompletion English
- completability English
- completable English
- complete with English
- completely English
- completement English
- completeness English
- completer English
- completest English
- completeth English
- completion English
- completionism English
- completionist English
- completism English
- completist English
- fouth English
- full English
- full well English
- full-bodied English
- full-born English
- full-bosomed English
- full-bound English
- full-course yellow English
- full-eyed English
- full-faced English
- full-fledged English
- full-fleshed English
- full-flowing English
- full-fortuned English
- full-fraught English
- full-handed English
- full-hearted English
- full-hot English
- full-length English
- full-looking English
- full-mouth English
- full-souled English
- full-summed English
- full-throttle English
- full-time English
- fullage English
- fullback English
- fullcourt English
- fullen English
- fullhead English
- fulling English
- fullish English
- fullmade English
- fullness English
- fullscreen English
- fullsib English
- fullstanding English
- fullwidth English
- fullwise English
- fully English
- fulth English
- handful English
- incompletable English
- incomplete English
- incompletely English
- incompleteness English
- incompletion English
- noncomplete English
- noncompleteness English
- noncompletion English
- nonfull English
- overcomplete English
- overcompleteness English
- overfull English
- postcompletion English
- precompletion English
- recomplete English
- semi-complete English
- semicomplete English
- semicompletion English
- subcomplete English
- topfull English
- uncompletable English
- uncomplete English
- uncompletion English
- undercomplete English
- underfull English
- unfull English
- with English
- completio, completionem Latin
- completivus Latin
- completus Latin
- complētus Latin
- plurivocus Latin
- plūrivocus Latin
- plūrālem Latin
- completo Italian
- complet French
- complétion French
- full French
- a full Spanish, Castilian
- completo Spanish, Castilian
- πίμπλημι Ancient Greek
- πλήθω Ancient Greek
- πλήρης Ancient Greek
- πλήρωμα Ancient Greek
- πλεονάζω Ancient Greek
- πλεῖστος Ancient Greek
- πληθυσμός Ancient Greek
- πληθώρη Ancient Greek
- πληρόω Ancient Greek
- πλῆθος Ancient Greek
- πολυμαθής Ancient Greek
- πολύπους Ancient Greek
- *(s)meh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *ploh₁is- Proto-Indo-European
- *pléh₁-dʰuh₁ Proto-Indo-European
- *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Indo-European
- *ḱóm Proto-Indo-European
- komplett Norwegian Bokmål
- *felu Proto-Germanic
- *flaistaz Proto-Germanic
- *flaizô Proto-Germanic
- *fullaz Proto-Germanic
- *fullijaną Proto-Germanic
- *fullnaną Proto-Germanic
- *uberfullaz Proto-Germanic
- フル Japanese
- ful Polish
- komplett Norwegian Nynorsk
- compleet Middle English
- full Middle English
- incomplete Middle English
- a lán Irish
- lánaibíocht Irish
- lánaosta Irish
- lánchúlaí Irish
- lánfhada Irish
- lánfhostaíocht Irish
- lánstad Irish
- lántaca Irish
- lántosach Irish
- lántosaí Irish
- líon lán Irish
- *plodъ Proto-Slavic
- complet Old French
- completo Galician
- llanw Welsh
- comalnaithir Old Irish
- comlán Old Irish
- láine Old Irish
- lánmar Old Irish
- compliet Norman
- 𐌲𐌰𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌽𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐌿𐍃𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍄𐍉𐌾𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌰𐍅𐌹𐍄𐍃 Gothic
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐌻𐌹𐌸𐍃 Gothic
- *plēros Proto-Italic
- *plēō Proto-Italic
- komplekt Crimean Tatar
- with
- full
- fully
- fouth
- fulth
- fullen
- unfull
- fulling
- fullage
- fullish
- fullsib
- handful
- topfull
- nonfull
- fullwise
- fullhead
- full-hot
- overfull
- fullmade
- fullback
- fullness
- underfull
- fullcourt
- full-time
- full-eyed
- completer
- fullwidth
- full-born
- full well
- incomplete
- recomplete
- completeth
- completist
- bicomplete
- full-bound
- uncomplete
- completion
- full-mouth
- fullscreen
- full-faced
- chock full
- Quiverfull
- completest
- completism
- completely
- cocomplete
- noncomplete
- full-souled
- subcomplete
- full-length
- full-bodied
- completable
- full-handed
- full-summed
- completeness
- full-flowing
- full-looking
- bicompletion
- full-fleshed
- cocompletion
- full-fraught
- uncompletion
- completement
- full-fledged
- full-hearted
- incompletely
- fullstanding
- full-bosomed
- incompletion
- overcomplete
- semicomplete
- autocomplete
- undercomplete
- uncompletable
- precompletion
- incompletable
- full-throttle
- completionism
- noncompletion
- complete with
- completionist
- full-fortuned
- semi-complete
- incompleteness
- semicompletion
- bicompleteness
- postcompletion
- cocompleteness
- completability
- autocompletion
- noncompleteness
- overcompleteness
- full-course yellow