Completions

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A finishing or concluding action that brings something to a full end
2. The successful fulfillment of a task or project, resulting in its final state
3. The act of completing a procedure or process, signifying that all necessary steps have been achieved

Etymology: "Completions" is the plural of "completion," which English borrowed directly from Latin "completio," a noun formed from "compleō," meaning "to fill up" or "to finish," plus the suffix "-tiō," which turns verbs into nouns of action. Latin "compleō" is itself built from "con-," an intensifying prefix, and "pleō," "to fill," so the original sense of finishing something was closer to making it completely full. English "complete" and "completion" look like a pair, but "completion" was a learned borrowing from Latin rather than a product of English word-building, so it entered the language already shaped as a Latin-style noun. Its plural form, "completions," follows ordinary English practice and is used mainly for the actions or instances of finishing something.

Synonyms: finishes, conclusions