complete > define

verb

• Come or bring to a finish or an end.
  • usage: "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"
  • synonyms: finish
• Bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements.
  • usage: "A child would complete the family"
• Complete or carry out.
  • usage: "discharge one's duties"
  • synonyms: dispatch, discharge
• Complete a pass.
  • synonyms: nail
• Write all the required information onto a form.
  • usage: "fill out this questionnaire, please"; "make out a form"
  • synonyms: fill out, fill in, make out

adjective

• Having every necessary or normal part or component or step.
  • usage: "a complete meal"; "a complete wardrobe"; "a complete set of the Britannica"; "a complete set of china"; "a complete defeat"; "a complete accounting"
• Perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities.
  • usage: "a complete gentleman"; "consummate happiness"; "a consummate performance"
  • synonyms: consummate
• Highly skilled.
  • usage: "an accomplished pianist"; "a complete musician"
  • synonyms: accomplished
• Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
  • usage: "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
  • synonyms: arrant, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, utter, unadulterated
• Having come or been brought to a conclusion.
  • usage: "the harvesting was complete"; "the affair is over, ended, finished"; "the abruptly terminated interview"
  • synonyms: concluded, ended, over, all over, terminated

• (a.) Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.
• (v.t.) To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task or a poem; to complete a course of education.
• (a.) Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
• (a.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.

In the context of general equities, to fill an order.