complete

com|plete1 [ kəm`plit ] adjective ***

1. ) including all the parts, details, or features:

The library is fortunate to have an almost complete set of these publications.

The system needs a complete overhaul.

Our family just wouldn't feel complete without our dog.

2. ) never before noun if something such as a job or process is complete, it is finished:

When the chart is complete, stick it on the wall.

A similar project for northern Montana is almost complete.

3. ) only before noun used for emphasizing that someone or something has a particular quality:

He's a complete idiot.

She's the complete opposite of me.

There had been a complete breakdown of trust and confidence.

complete and utter (=used for adding more emphasis): It was a complete and utter waste of time.

complete with

with the things mentioned:

a comprehensive collection complete with detailed biographies of the artists

come complete with: All our machines come complete with our three-year service guarantee.

the complete works

all of a writer's work, published in one set or in one book:

the Complete Works of William Shakespeare

complete

com|plete 2 [ kəm`plit ] verb transitive FORMAL ***

1. ) to finish something:

The work was completed in March.

She will have completed her training by the spring.

a ) to finish something by adding the parts that are missing:

Complete this sentence.

2. ) to write information in the spaces on an official document. A more usual word is fill in:

You need to complete both of these forms.