complete
com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’
/icons/point.icon 完全な
complete: 「完全な」という意の最も一般的な語. 必要な物が一式揃っていること. また, 可能な範囲で最も程度が大きいこと. 肯定的な意味でも用いるが, 否定的な語を強調する際に好まれる
full: 量や程度が100パーセントの状態にあること. また, 詳細に富み, 数･量で完璧なこと
perfect: 間違いや欠陥がなく, 同種の中で最も良い状態であること, または後に続く名詞の本来あるべき性質･状態を完璧に満たしていることをいう
adjective
1. having all the necessary or appropriate parts:
完全な, 全部そろっている; (部分ではなく)全体の(↔ incomplete)(連語nearly, almost, virtually; fairly, really)
e.g. a complete list of courses offered by the college
e.g. no wardrobe is complete this year without culottes.
entire; full:
e.g. I only managed one complete term at school.
having run its full course; finished:
〖be ～〗 完了して, 終了して(↔ incomplete)
e.g. the restoration of the chapel is complete.
2. (often used for emphasis) to the greatest extent or degree; total:
｟くだけて｠ 〖通例名詞の前で〗まったくの, 徹底した, この上ない(total) (!強調表現)
e.g. a complete ban on smoking
e.g. their marriage came as a complete surprise to me.
(also compleat) chiefly humorous skilled at every aspect of a particular activity; consummate:
｟時におどけて｠ 〖名詞の前で〗(ある道に)熟達した, 極めた〈人〉; まぎれもない〈紳士など〉 (!強調表現) .
e.g. these articles are for the compleat mathematician. the spelling compleat is a revival of the 17th century use as in Walton's The Compleat Angler.
verb with object
1. finish making or doing:
〈人などが〉〈物･事〉を完成させる, 仕上げる; 修了する; 〖～ doing〗 …し終える (!時間をかけて仕上げること; finishの方が普通)
e.g. he completed his Ph.D. in 1983.
no object British conclude the sale of a property.
American Football (of a quarterback) successfully throw (a forward pass) to a receiver:
e.g. he completed 12 of 16 passes for 128 yards.
2. make (something) whole or perfect:
…を完全なものにする; …をすべてそろえる (!進行形にしない)
e.g. he only needed one thing to complete his happiness
e.g. more recent box cameras complete the collection.
write the required information on (a form or questionnaire):
〈書類など〉に書き込む, 記入して仕上げる
e.g. please complete the attached forms.
PHRASES
complete with
having something as an additional part or feature: the detachable keyboard comes complete with numeric keypad.
DERIVATIVES
completer noun
ORIGIN
late Middle English: from Old French complet or Latin completus, past participle of complere ‘fill up, finish, fulfill’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’.
USAGE
On the use of adjectives like complete, equal, and unique with submodifiers such as very or more, see usage at unique.