Completion

//kəmˈpliːʃən// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment. countable, uncountable

    "Mr. Cooke had had a sloop yacht built at Far Harbor, the completion of which had been delayed, and which was but just delivered. […] The Maria had a cabin, which was finished in hard wood and yellow plush, and accommodations for keeping things cold."

  2. 2
    a concluding action wordnet
  3. 3
    The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (American football) a successful forward pass in football wordnet
  5. 5
    A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    The act of making a metric space complete by adding points. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    The space resulting from such an act. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    Synonym of autocomplete. countable, uncountable

    "tab completion"

Synonyms

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accomplishmentaccomplishmentachievementadministrationautocompletebitter end

Example

More examples

"I intend to take a month's vacation on completion of this work."

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin completio, completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to English complete + -ion.

Related phrases

Knuth-Bendix completion algorithmcode completioncompletion stringpractical completionμ-completionmetric space

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