completion
See also: complétion
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin completio, completionem, from complere (“to fill up, complete”); comparable to yo English complete + -ion.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəmˈpliːʃən/
- Rhymes: -iːʃən
Noun
completion (plural completions)
- The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
- 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.
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- (law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
- (American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
- (mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
- (mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.
Synonyms
- (state of being complete): completeness, doneness; see also Thesaurus:completion
Antonyms
- (state of being or making complete): incompletion, unfinishedness; see also Thesaurus:incompletion
- (making complete; accomplishment): termination
Hyponyms
Derived terms
- code-completion
Related terms
Translations
making complete; conclusion
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mathematics: act of making a metric space complete by adding points
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mathematics: space resulting from such an act
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References
completion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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