Unit 3: English In A Minute
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Session 30
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Different meanings of 'complete'
Learn some different meanings of 'complete'
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As a verb, complete means to finish something or make something whole.
Complete this form to apply for a new library card.
This last piece completes the jigsaw puzzle!
Complete, as an adjective, means that something has all the necessary parts to make it finished or whole.
The mechanic said the work on the car will be complete in a couple of hours.
I own the complete works of William Shakespeare.
The adjective complete can also be used to describe the feeling of having everything you need.
When our daughter was born, our family felt complete.
Finally, it can also be used to describe something to a very large degree.
The children have made a complete mess – there’s paint everywhere!
Complete
Complete can be a verb and mean 'finish something' or 'make something whole'.
- Complete this form to apply for a new library card.
- This last piece completes the jigsaw puzzle!
Complete can be used an adjective to describe something that has all the necessary parts to make it finished or whole.
- The mechanic said the work on the car will be complete in a couple of hours.
- I own the complete works of William Shakespeare.
Complete can also be used as an adjective to describe the feeling of having everything you need.
- When our daughter was born, our family felt complete.
- I felt complete when I got the new job.
Complete can also be used to describe something to a very large degree.
- The children have made a complete mess – there’s paint everywhere!
- That party was a complete disaster. Everything went wrong!
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