Meanings
plural completions
- countableuncountableThe act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
The building is nearing completion.
2 more examples
The fundraising campaign was successfully stewarded to completion on time.
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.
1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter X, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLCAntonyms: incompleteness, incompletion, noncompleteness, noncompletion, uncompletedness, uncompletion, unfinish, unfinishedness
- countableuncountablelawThe conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
- countableuncountablemathematicsThe act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
- countableuncountablemathematicsThe space resulting from such an act.
- countableeuphemisticuncountableOrgasm.
The hot pants of her mouth against his neck as he'd plunged into her wet heat had almost brought him to completion immediately.
2024, Sarah Mallory, Lucy Morris, Harlequin Historical - January 2025 - Box Set 2 of 2, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
nounSynonym of autocomplete.
More synonyms by meaning
noun(American football) a successful forward pass in football
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
- Proto-Italic*kom
- Proto-Italic*kom-
- Latincon-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
- Proto-Italic*plēō
- Latinpleō
- Latincompleō
- Latincompletio
- Englishcompletion
Learned borrowing from Latin completio. By surface analysis, complete + -tion.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian завършване, завършек
- завършване (zavăršvane)making complete; conclusion
- завършек (zavăršek)making complete; conclusion
Chinese Mandarin 完备化
- 完备化 (wánbèi huà)mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
Dutch vervollediging, afronding
- vervolledigingmaking complete; conclusion
- afrondingmaking complete; conclusion
- afwerkingmaking complete; conclusion
- voltooiingmaking complete; conclusion
- vervolledigingmathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
- vervolledigingmathematics: space resulting from such an act
Esperanto plenumo
- plenumomaking complete; conclusion
Finnish loppu, päätös
- loppumaking complete; conclusion
- päätösmaking complete; conclusion
French achèvement, exécution
- achèvementmaking complete; conclusion
- exécutionlaw: conclusion of an act of conveyancing
German Fertigstellung, Vervollständigung
- Fertigstellungmaking complete; conclusion
- Vervollständigungmaking complete; conclusion
- Vollendungmaking complete; conclusion
- Vervollständigungmathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
- Vervollständigungmathematics: space resulting from such an act
Greek ολοκληρώνω
- ολοκληρώνω (olokliróno)making complete; conclusion
Irish slánú
- slánúmaking complete; conclusion
Italian completamento
- completamentomaking complete; conclusion
Japanese 完了, 完成
- 完了 (kanryō)making complete; conclusion
- 完成 (kansei)making complete; conclusion
Latin complētiō
- complētiōmaking complete; conclusion
Māori whakahemonga, otinga
- whakahemongamaking complete; conclusion
- otingamaking complete; conclusion
- whakaotingamaking complete; conclusion
- porotutukitangamaking complete; conclusion
Norwegian Bokmål fullførelse, fullføring
- fullførelsemaking complete; conclusion
- fullføringmaking complete; conclusion
Polish zakończenie, ukończenie
- zakończeniemaking complete; conclusion
- ukończeniemaking complete; conclusion
- zrealizowaniemaking complete; conclusion
- uzupełnieniemathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
- uzupełnieniemathematics: space resulting from such an act
Portuguese completamento, completação
- completamentomaking complete; conclusion
- completaçãomaking complete; conclusion
- conclusãomaking complete; conclusion
- completudemaking complete; conclusion
Romanian final
- finalmaking complete; conclusion
Russian заверше́ние
- заверше́ние (zaveršénije)making complete; conclusion
Scottish Gaelic iomlanachd, lìonadh
- iomlanachdmaking complete; conclusion
- lìonadhmaking complete; conclusion
- ullamhachdmaking complete; conclusion
- builmaking complete; conclusion
Spanish compleción, completación
- compleciónmaking complete; conclusion
- completaciónmaking complete; conclusion
Turkish tamamlama
- tamamlamamaking complete; conclusion
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with completion
Cite this entry
completion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/completion
“completion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/completion. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “completion,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/completion.
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