complete verb [ T ] (MAKE WHOLE)
Complete the sentence with one of the adjectives provided.
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complete verb [ T ] (FINISH)
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- I have a lot of reading assignments to complete before the end of term.
- It is not practicable to complete the tunnel before the end of the year.
- How do you propose to complete the project in such a short time scale?
- Tick off each item on the list as you complete it.
- She managed to complete her last film well within budget.
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- abandon
- all good things (must) come to an end idiom
- and have done with it idiom
- be over the hump idiom
- bitter
- cure
- knock
- knock off (sth)
- lay
- lay sth to rest idiom
- lay the ghost of sth (to rest) idiom
- leave it at that idiom
- lid
- lift
- snap
- suppress
- suppression
- the curtain falls on sth idiom
- to the bitter end idiom
- top sth off
complete adjective (VERY GREAT)
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- I have complete confidence in her. She'll be perfect for the job.
- All replies will be treated with complete confidentiality.
- At school she had complete contempt for all her teachers.
- His answer demonstrated a complete lack of understanding of the question.
- The evening was a complete disaster.
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complete adjective (WHOLE)
B1 with all the parts:
The report comes complete with (= including) diagrams and colour photographs.
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- She bought me the complete dramatic works of Brecht for my birthday.
- We are now offering you the chance to buy the complete set of pans at half price.
- Our complete range of carpets is on display in our showroom.
- If we all club together, we'll be able to get her the complete dinner set.
- The demonstrators seemed to represent a complete cross-section of society - male and female, old and young, rich and poor.
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