COMPLETED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does completed mean? 

• COMPLETED (adjective)
  The adjective COMPLETED has 3 senses:

1. successfully completed or brought to an end

2. (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony

3. caught

  Familiarity information: COMPLETED used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPLETED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Successfully completed or brought to an end

Synonyms:

accomplished; completed; realised; realized

Context example:

the joy of a realized ambition overcame him

Similar:

complete (having every necessary or normal part or component or step)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony

Similar:

consummated (brought to completion)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Caught

Context example:

a completed forward pass

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)

 Context examples 

And again her mother completed her thought for her.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The completed action of evaluating the final state of a person who experienced an adverse event, which takes place after the adverse event occurs.

(Adverse Event Outcome, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)

This instrument contains four parts consisting of non-motor and motor experiences in daily living, a motor examination and an assessment of motor complications which is completed during an interview and physical examination.

(Movement Disorder Society Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

This instrument consists of two parts, the first part is a patient history and can be completed by the patient while the second part is physical exam completed by a health professional.

(Michigan Neuropathy Screening Instrument Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)

Something that has been achieved or completed successfully.

(Accomplishment, NCI Thesaurus)

A Physician Assistant who has completed a defined course of study and has undergone testing by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).

(Certified Physician Assistant, NCI Thesaurus)

Patient entry into NWTSG clinical trial protocols was completed in 2002.

(National Wilms' Tumor Study Group, NCI Thesaurus)

Indicates a task, process or examination that has either not been initiated or not been completed.

(Not Done, NCI Thesaurus)

The explanation given as to why an action was not completed.

(Not-Done Reason, NCI Thesaurus)

Well, when they closed their League offices that was a sign that they cared no longer about Mr. Jabez Wilson’s presence—in other words, that they had completed their tunnel.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)