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completion

noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /kəmˈpliː.ʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iːʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P L IY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The fundraising campaign was successfully stewarded to completion on time.
  • The building is nearing completion.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: American-football, ball-games, football, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The space resulting from such an act.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: mathematics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Synonym of autocomplete.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

Examples

  • tab completion

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: autocomplete

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

Orgasm.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, euphemistic, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

a concluding action

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: culmination, closing, windup, mop up

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: termination, ending, conclusion

Narrower terms: consummation, finish, finishing, finalization, finalisation, follow-through, graduation

9

noun

Meaning 9

(American football) a successful forward pass in football

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pass completion

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: maneuver, manoeuvre, play

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin completio(n), from complere (“to fill up, complete”). By surface analysis, complet(e) + -ion.

Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: завършване (zavǎršvane) — making complete; conclusion
  • Bulgarian: завършек (zavǎršek) — making complete; conclusion
  • Dutch: vervollediging — making complete; conclusion
  • Dutch: afronding — making complete; conclusion
  • Dutch: afwerking — making complete; conclusion
  • Dutch: voltooiing — making complete; conclusion
  • Esperanto: plenumo — making complete; conclusion
  • Finnish: loppu — making complete; conclusion
  • Finnish: päätös — making complete; conclusion
  • French: achèvement — making complete; conclusion
  • German: Fertigstellung — making complete; conclusion
  • German: Vervollständigung — making complete; conclusion
  • German: Vollendung — making complete; conclusion
  • Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 (ustauhts) — making complete; conclusion
  • Greek: ολοκληρώνω (olokliróno) — making complete; conclusion
  • Irish: slánú — making complete; conclusion
  • Italian: completamento — making complete; conclusion
  • Japanese: 完了 (kanryō) — making complete; conclusion
  • Japanese: 完成 (kansei) — making complete; conclusion
  • Kashmiri: أنٛزرَن (ạnzran) — making complete; conclusion
  • Ladino: escapación — making complete; conclusion
  • Ladino: escapadijo — making complete; conclusion
  • Ladino: escapadura — making complete; conclusion
  • Latin: complētiō — making complete; conclusion
  • Māori: whakahemonga — making complete; conclusion
  • Māori: otinga — making complete; conclusion
  • Māori: whakaotinga — making complete; conclusion
  • Māori: porotutukitanga — making complete; conclusion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fullførelse — making complete; conclusion
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fullføring — making complete; conclusion
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: fullføring — making complete; conclusion
  • Polish: zakończenie — making complete; conclusion
  • Polish: ukończenie — making complete; conclusion
  • Polish: zrealizowanie — making complete; conclusion
  • Portuguese: completamento — making complete; conclusion
  • Portuguese: completação — making complete; conclusion
  • Portuguese: conclusão — making complete; conclusion
  • Portuguese: completude — making complete; conclusion
  • Romanian: final — making complete; conclusion
  • Russian: заверше́ние (zaveršénije) — making complete; conclusion
  • Scottish Gaelic: iomlanachd — making complete; conclusion
  • Scottish Gaelic: lìonadh — making complete; conclusion
  • Scottish Gaelic: ullamhachd — making complete; conclusion
  • Scottish Gaelic: buil — making complete; conclusion
  • Spanish: compleción — making complete; conclusion
  • Spanish: completación — making complete; conclusion
  • Turkish: tamamlama — making complete; conclusion
  • French: exécution — law: conclusion of an act of conveyancing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 完备化 (wánbèi huà) — mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
  • Dutch: vervollediging — mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
  • German: Vervollständigung — mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
  • Polish: uzupełnienie — mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
  • Dutch: vervollediging — mathematics: space resulting from such an act
  • German: Vervollständigung — mathematics: space resulting from such an act
  • Polish: uzupełnienie — mathematics: space resulting from such an act
Real reading context

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