Past tense of complete
regular verb
The past tense of complete is completed. The past participle is also completed.
Forms of complete
| Base form (V1) | complete /kəmˈpliːt/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | completed /kəmˈpliːtɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | completed /kəmˈpliːtɪd/ |
| Present participle | completing /kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | completes /kəmˈpliːts/ |
Completed in a sentence
- He completed the assignment on time.
- The Tsengwen Reservoir, located at Nanhsi village, Tainan, was completed in 1973.1981, A Pictorial History of the Republic of China: Its Founding and Development, volume II, Taipei: Modern China Press, →OCLC, page 416
- The building of the bridge will be completed in a couple of weeks.From the entry building
- The design team has completed the creative for next month's multi-part ad campaign.From the entry creative
- I've included in my portfolio all the creative I've completed in my five year design career.From the entry creative
Meaning of complete
- verb To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
- verb To make whole or entire.
- verb To call from the small blind in an unraised pot.
Questions about the past tense of complete
- What is the past tense of complete?
- The past tense of complete is completed.
- What is the past participle of complete?
- The past participle of complete is completed.
- Is complete a regular or irregular verb?
- Complete is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: complete (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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