Completed

Part of speech: adjective, verb

Pronunciation: /kəmˈpliːtɪd/

Definitions

1. A task or project that has reached its end point signifies total fulfillment and closure of all required elements
2. The condition in which all necessary components have been finalized indicates a full accomplishment and resolution
3. A state in which all required tasks have been finished denotes total achievement and the conclusion of objectives

Etymology: "Completed" is the past tense and past participle of "complete," so its history is that of the verb. The root sits in Latin "compleō," meaning "to fill up," built from "com-" (an intensifying prefix, here meaning "thoroughly") and "pleō," "to fill." A task that is completed has, in effect, been filled up to its brim. That same "fill" root runs through a family of words that seem unrelated at first glance. "Complement" and "compliment" both descend from "compleō," as do "deplete" (to empty out, the opposite of filling) and "replete," which means filled to the point of fullness. "Plenty" and the English word "full" come from the same ancestral stem. The adjective arrived in English through Middle English "compleet," meaning "full" or "complete," which was borrowed from Old French "complet" or directly from Latin "completus." Over the centuries the spelling shifted toward the modern form, but the sense of a vessel reaching its capacity still underlies the word.

Synonyms: finished, accomplished, concluded

Antonyms: incomplete, unfinished, pending