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COMPLETED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Successfully completed or brought to an end
Example:
the joy of a realized ambition overcame him
Synonyms:
accomplished; completed; realised; realized
Classified under:
Similar:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Caught
Example:
a completed forward pass
Classified under:
Similar:
complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)
Domain category:
football; football game (any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal)
Sense 3
Meaning:
(of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
consummated (brought to completion)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb complete
Context examples:
A twenty-one question survey completed by a patient, with each answer scored on a scale of 0 to 3, designed to measure presence of depression.
(Beck Depression Inventory, NCI Thesaurus)
This instrument consists of 10 items that can be completed by the patient.
(Neuropathic Pain Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
He had just completed his examination when the hall lights flew up, the door opened, and the owner of the house, a jovial, rotund figure in shirt and trousers, presented himself.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The date (and time) on which an assessment is completed.
(Assessment Date, NCI Thesaurus)
Specifies whether an event or activity must be completed prior to starting another activity.
(Completion Required Before Starting Indicator, NCI Thesaurus)
It could be a project that will take longer to finish than you anticipated, but one you will someday say you are so proud to have completed.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
Together, the patients completed a total of 18 tests.
(Storing memories of recent events, NIH)
This instrument consists of 17 questions which can be completed by the patient.
(Current Opioid Misuse Measure Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
Researchers completed a draft map of the human proteome—the set of all proteins in the human body.
(Revealing the human proteome, NIH)
The five-year survival rate is the percentage of people who live at least five years after chemotherapy treatment is completed.
(Social interaction affects cancer patients’ response to treatment, National Institutes of Health)
