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COMPLETING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does completing mean? 

COMPLETING (adjective)
  The adjective COMPLETING has 1 sense:

1. acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)play

  Familiarity information: COMPLETING used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


COMPLETING (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

Synonyms:

complemental; complementary; completing

Similar:

additive (characterized or produced by addition)


 Context examples 


The Hubble images show that the parent comet also changes brightness cyclically, completing a rotation every two to four hours.

(Hubble Takes Close-up Look at Disintegrating Comet, NASA)

Over time, patients may have difficulty walking, talking, or completing other simple tasks.

(NIH scientists find six new genetic risk factors for Parkinson’s, NIH)

The planet orbits its star very closely, completing a full orbit in just 1.3 days.

(‘Forbidden’ planet found wandering ‘Neptunian Desert’, University of Cambridge)

Having stifled my sobs, wiped my eyes, and muttered something about not being very well that morning, I resumed my task, and succeeded in completing it.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Current Opioid Misuse Measure (COMM) In the past 30 days, how often do people complain that you are not completing necessary tasks?

(COMM - Complaints Not Completing Tasks, NCI Thesaurus)

The degree is not awarded solely for completing a prescribed number of courses, but for having undertaken and completed independent work in the discipline leading to an original contribution to knowledge.

(Doctor of Philosophy, NCI Thesaurus)

A textual or multimedia form of the signed name or personal mark of the investigator who is responsible for completing a particular document as a part of clinical study activity.

(Investigator Signature, NCI Thesaurus)

In setting the new record, Kosgei finished more than six minutes ahead of her competition, completing the race in 2:14:04.

(Kenya's Brigid Kosgei sets new world record at Chicago Marathon, Wikinews)

Unlike any other planet in our solar system, Uranus spins almost perfectly on its side completing a barrel roll once every 17 hours.

(The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, NASA)

This is not a time for blue-sky ideas, but rather a time for living up to your promises and completing the job on time and on budget.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)



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