Completion

Part of speech: noun

Pronunciation: /kəmˈpliːʃən/

Definitions

1. The process of reaching the end of a task consists of successfully bringing something to its conclusion, which indicates the fulfillment of goals and objectives through conclusive efforts
2. Achieving the final state of a project entails completing all necessary actions to fulfill established objectives, reflecting an overall successful outcome and resolution
3. The act of finishing a task signifies successfully concluding a series of actions that lead to the meeting of predetermined aims and outcomes

Etymology: "Completion" looks like a simple add-on to "complete," but its Latin parent is older and more literal. Latin "compleō" meant "to fill up" or "to make full," built from "com-" (an intensive, "thoroughly") and "pleō" (to fill), which also gave English "plenary" and "plenty" through different routes. The "-tiō" ending turned an action verb into a noun, so "completio" originally named the act of filling something until nothing more could go in. English borrowed the word directly from that Latin noun, a learned borrowing rather than a word that passed through French. Its sense therefore followed the verb's move from physical filling to finishing a task: a thing that was full had reached its end state, and "completion" came to mean bringing a process to its final point. The English word itself reads as "complete" plus "-ion," which is accurate on the surface, but the form was taken from Latin.

Synonyms: fulfillment, conclusion, finalization, achievement, consummation

Antonyms: incompletion, failure, abandonment, disruption, interruption