ETYM Latin completus, p. p. of complere to fill up; com- + plere to fill. Related to Full, Comply, Compline.
1. Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities; SYN. consummate.
2. Having come or been brought to a conclusion; SYN. concluded, ended, over, all over, terminated.
3. Having every necessary or normal part or component or step.
4. (Botany) Having all four whorls or principal parts--sepals and petals and stamens and carpels (or pistils).
1. Finished; brought to conclusion.
2. (Football) Caught.
3. (Of a marriage) Completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony.
ETYM French entier, Latin integer untouched, undiminished, entire; pref. in-, negative + the root of tangere to touch. Related to Tangent, Integer.
1. Constituting the full quantity or extent; complete; SYN. full, total.
2. (Of leaves or petals) Having a smooth edge; not broken up into teeth or lobes.
3. (Used of domestic animals) Sexually competent; SYN. intact.
1. Containing as much or as many as is possible or normal
2. Complete in extent or degree and in every particular; SYN. total.
3. Having the normally expected amount; SYN. good.
4. (Informal) Having consumed enough food or drink; SYN. replete.
5. (Of sound) Having marked depth and body
Without reservation or exception; SYN. straight-out, unlimited.
(Homonym: plane).
1. Lacking embellishment or ornamentation; SYN. unembellished, unornamented.
2. Lacking patterns especially in color; SYN. unpatterned.
3. Not elaborate or elaborated; simple.
4. Not mixed with extraneous elements; SYN. sheer, unmingled, unmixed.
5. Free from any effort to soften to disguise; SYN. unvarnished.
6. Comprehensible to the general public; SYN. popular.
Painstakingly careful and accurate
ETYM French, from Late Lat. totalis, from Latin tolus all,whole. Related to Factotum, Surtout, Teetotum.
Whole; not divided; entire; full; complete.
Not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier
1. Completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; SYN. perfectly, utterly, dead.
2. Totally and definitely; without question
So as to be complete; with everything necessary.
To the the greatest degree or extent; completely or entirely; ('full' is used as a combining form as in 'full-grown' or 'full-fledged'); SYN. to the full, full.
ETYM French quitte discharged, free, clear; cf. Old Fren. quitement freely, frankly, entirely. Related to Quit.
1. Actually or truly or to an extreme.
2. Of an unusually noticeable or exceptional or remarkable kind (not used with a negative); SYN. quite a, quite an.
3. To a degree (not used with a negative); SYN. rather.
4. To the greatest extent; completely.
In a total manner; wholly; entirely.