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Learn some different meanings of 'complete'

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• Different meanings of 'course'
• Four ways to use 'individual'
• Common uses of 'content'

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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