complete

/kəm-ˈplēt/

Middle English complet, compleet, complete, borrowed from Middle French & Latin; Middle French complet, borrowed from Latin complētus, past participle of complēre "to fill, make up, carry to completion," from com- com-plēre "to fill"

adjective

  1. having all necessary parts, elements, or steps

  2. containing all essential amino acids

  3. total, absolute

a complete diet

Beans and grains combined together form a complete protein.

full complete plenary replete mean containing all that is wanted or needed or possible. full implies the presence or inclusion of everything that is wanted or required by something or that can be held, contained, or attained by it. complete applies when all that is needed is present.

verb

  1. to bring to an end and especially into a perfected state

  2. to make whole or perfect

  3. to mark the end of

complete a painting

close end conclude finish complete terminate mean to bring or come to a stopping point or limit. close usually implies that something has been in some way open as well as unfinished. end conveys a strong sense of finality.

noun

  1. a fertilizer that contains the three chief plant nutrients nitrogen, phosphoric acid, and potash