[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/complete/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [C](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/c/) / complete # complete verb (complete, completes, completed, completing); adjective «complete» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. To complete something is to finish all of it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#m1) 2. Complete means whole, with every part: «a complete set». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#m2) 3. Complete means total: «a complete surprise». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#m3) 4. To complete a form is to fill it in. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#m4) ### In the lessons finishing work: homework, problems or a task finished; the completed part is taken from what was to do; «complete the sentence» means fill in the gap; phrases: «complete the table», «complete set», «completely», «complete sentence» ### Examples - She completed 12 of the 20 problems. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#x1) - He completes 3 puzzles each day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#x2) - How many more pages to complete the book? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#x3) - How many problems did she complete in all? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#x4) - Complete the table with the missing numbers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#x5) - I need two more cards to complete my set. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#x6) - The party was a complete surprise. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#x7) - A complete sentence has a subject and a verb. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/#x8) ### Note What is completed is a part done; «left to complete» = total − done. With «each day» it is a rate. «completely» means totally. ## In Jewish tradition In the Torah, complete means whole, with nothing missing. In the Writings it can also mean full (a complete reward) or to finish something (completed transgression, a building completed). **Interpretation.** The counting of seven complete weeks between Passover and Shavuot is called the Omer. Tradition says each week must be whole and unbroken. Boaz's blessing asks for a full and complete reward for Ruth. ### Examples - that they might be double beneath, and in like manner they should be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring. (Torah EXO.36.29, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/complete/#x1) - And ye shall count unto you from the morrow after the day of rest, from the day that ye brought the sheaf of the waving; seven weeks shall there be complete; (Torah LEV.23.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/complete/#x2) - And they shall be double beneath, and in like manner they shall be complete unto the top thereof unto the first ring; thus shall it be for them both; they shall be for the two corners. (Torah EXO.26.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/complete/#x3) - The LORD recompense thy work, and be thy reward complete from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to take refuge.' (Writings RUT.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/complete/#x4) - And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors have completed their transgression, there shall stand up a king of fierce countenance, and understanding stratagems. (Writings DAN.8.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/complete/#x5) - Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundations of the house of God which is in Jerusalem; and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not completed. (Writings EZR.5.16, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/complete/#x6) ### Note What is completed is a part done; «left to complete» = total − done. With «each day» it is a rate. «completely» means totally. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «complete» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complete/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«complete» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/complete.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «complete» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/C/complete/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«complete» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/complete.html) on Mova free.