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complete. When will your building plan be complete? 3 entire,<br />

total, thorough, absolute, utter, unqualified, unmixed,<br />

unalloyed, pure, unmitigated, rank: I attribute the disaster to<br />

a complete breakdown <strong>of</strong> communication, together with the<br />

complete incompetence <strong>of</strong> the site manager. 4 perfect,<br />

consummate, exemplary, ideal, model, superior, superlative,<br />

superb, faultless, flawless: Her dissertation is a work <strong>of</strong><br />

complete scholarship.<br />

--v. 5 conclude, finish, end, bring to an end, accomplish,<br />

achieve, do, Colloq wrap up; finalize: He stopped after<br />

completing ten ciruits <strong>of</strong> the track. Have you completed the<br />

prospectus? 6 round out, round <strong>of</strong>f, perfect; crown, culminate:<br />

<strong>The</strong> unit was completed by the addition <strong>of</strong> five platoons. A<br />

golden cupola completed the top <strong>of</strong> the dome.<br />

completely<br />

adv. 1 entirely, fully, quite, wholly, totally, altogether, in<br />

toto, thoroughly, perfectly, exactly, precisely, down to the<br />

ground, from start to finish, from beginning to end, from A to<br />

Z, from the word go, in full; lock, stock, and barrel; hook,<br />

line, and sinker; heart and soul; root and branch; en masse:<br />

<strong>The</strong> currency does not completely represent the wealth <strong>of</strong> the<br />

country. 2 unqualifiedly, unconditionally, thoroughly, utterly,<br />

totally, absolutely, quite, altogether, unreservedly: He's<br />

completely mad if he thinks that thing will fly. 3 clearly,<br />

expressly, explicitly, unambiguously, entirely, fully, totally,<br />

wholly, altogether, unequivocally, truly, categorically, flatly:<br />

I am completely in agreement with your policy.<br />

completion<br />

n. 1 conclusion, end, close, termination, fulfilment,<br />

culmination, realization, accomplishment, finish: <strong>The</strong><br />

completion <strong>of</strong> the building phase is scheduled for next July. 2<br />

finishing, finalization, wind-up, finishing-<strong>of</strong>f, completing:<br />

<strong>The</strong> completion <strong>of</strong> the house is scheduled for next October.<br />

complexity<br />

n. 1 complication, convolution: We are finding it difficult to<br />

understand the complexities <strong>of</strong> the agreement. 2 intricacy,<br />

involvement, complicatedness; inscrutability: <strong>The</strong> complexity <strong>of</strong><br />

her theory makes it difficult to interpret.

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