Complete Kəmˈpliːt Collected Oxford Extra Adjective List/Sequence/Picture/Profile Set

• a complete list/sequence/picture/profile
• i've collected the complete set.
• a complete guide to events in oxford
• the complete works of tolstoy

complete

1. including all the parts, etc. that are necessary; whole
• OPPOSITE incomplete
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/incomplete_2
• a complete list/sequence/picture/profile
• I've collected the complete set.
• a complete guide to events in Oxford
• the complete works of Tolstoy
• You will receive payment for each complete day that you work.
• You've made my life complete.
• A Chinese New Year celebration would not be complete without fireworks.
• No trip to Moscow would be complete without a visit to Lenin's tomb.

Extra Examples

• The book survives complete only in the second edition of 1533.
• a remarkably complete account of the negotiations
2. finished
• OPPOSITE incomplete
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/incomplete_2
• The job is almost complete.
• Ther ordering process is nearly complete.
• Construction of the new airport is scheduled to be complete by late September.
• Work on the office building will be complete at the end of the year.
3. used when you are emphasizing something, to mean ‘to the greatest degree possible’
• SYNONYM total
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/total_2
• We were in complete agreement.
• Refrigerators brought about a complete change in people's lifestyle.
• They sat in complete silence.
• He was a complete stranger to me.
• The council's response shows a complete lack of understanding of the situation.
• The army remains in complete control of the country.
• It came as a complete surprise.
• I felt a complete idiot.
• You are talking complete and utter rubbish.

Extra Examples

• The whole thing has been a complete waste of time.
• The film was a complete failure at the box office.
• Their claims were widely believed despite a complete absence of evidence.
• The whole procedure has become a complete farce.
• The train came to a complete standstill.
• The play was a complete disaster from beginning to end.
• The accident caused the complete closure of the road.
• It's a complete myth that he has royal blood.
• He was in complete command of the situation.
• After they had gone there was complete silence.
4. including something as an extra part or feature
• The furniture comes complete with tools and instructions for assembly.
• The cruise ship is really a floating village, complete with shops, cafes and a doctor's surgery.

Word Origin

• late Middle English: from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of complere ‘fill up, finish, fulfil’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’.