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completing

/kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/

completing is the present participle and gerund of complete.

Meaning of complete

Verb

complete (third-person singular simple present completes, present participle completing, simple past and past participle completed)

  1. (ambitransitive) To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
    • He completed the assignment on time.
  2. (transitive) To make whole or entire.
    • The last chapter completes the book nicely.
  3. To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
  4. (informal) to accomplish every significant achievement within a field
    • The 32-year-old has won it all, as the World Cup was the one big trophy missing in his cabinet. [...] Carlsen later shared the following GIF on his X account — chess, completed!2023 August 24, Carlos Alberto Colodro, “Magnus Carlsen “completes” chess as he bags World Cup title”, in Chessbase

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Phrases with completing

Questions about completing

What is completing the present participle and gerund of?
Completing is the present participle and gerund of complete.
How do you pronounce completing?
Completing is pronounced /kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/.

Words near completing in the dictionary

  1. completers
  2. completes
  3. completes the square
  4. completest
  5. completeth
  6. completing
  7. completing the square
  8. completion
  9. completion string
  10. completion strings
  11. completionism

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