frequently_asked_questions_files/Oxford Thesaurus.pdf

complete. When will your building plan be complete? 3 entire,
total, thorough, absolute, utter, unqualified, unmixed,
unalloyed, pure, unmitigated, rank: I attribute the disaster to
a complete breakdown of communication, together with the
complete incompetence of the site manager. 4 perfect,
consummate, exemplary, ideal, model, superior, superlative,
superb, faultless, flawless: Her dissertation is a work of
complete scholarship.
--v. 5 conclude, finish, end, bring to an end, accomplish,
achieve, do, Colloq wrap up; finalize: He stopped after
completing ten ciruits of the track. Have you completed the
prospectus? 6 round out, round off, perfect; crown, culminate:
The unit was completed by the addition of five platoons. A
golden cupola completed the top of the dome.
completely
adv. 1 entirely, fully, quite, wholly, totally, altogether, in
toto, thoroughly, perfectly, exactly, precisely, down to the
ground, from start to finish, from beginning to end, from A to
Z, from the word go, in full; lock, stock, and barrel; hook,
line, and sinker; heart and soul; root and branch; en masse:
The currency does not completely represent the wealth of the
country. 2 unqualifiedly, unconditionally, thoroughly, utterly,
totally, absolutely, quite, altogether, unreservedly: He's
completely mad if he thinks that thing will fly. 3 clearly,
expressly, explicitly, unambiguously, entirely, fully, totally,
wholly, altogether, unequivocally, truly, categorically, flatly:
I am completely in agreement with your policy.
completion
n. 1 conclusion, end, close, termination, fulfilment,
culmination, realization, accomplishment, finish: The
completion of the building phase is scheduled for next July. 2
finishing, finalization, wind-up, finishing-off, completing:
The completion of the house is scheduled for next October.
complexity
n. 1 complication, convolution: We are finding it difficult to
understand the complexities of the agreement. 2 intricacy,
involvement, complicatedness; inscrutability: The complexity of
her theory makes it difficult to interpret.