half-completed

half-com·plete

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [haf, hahf kuh m-pleet]
- /hæf, hɑf kəmˈplit/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [haf, hahf kuh m-pleet]
- /hæf, hɑf kəmˈplit/

Definitions of half-completed word

adjective half-completed having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings. 1
adjective half-completed finished; ended; concluded: a complete orbit. 1
adjective half-completed having all the required or customary characteristics, skills, or the like; consummate; perfect in kind or quality: a complete scholar. 1
adjective half-completed thorough; entire; total; undivided, uncompromised, or unmodified: a complete victory; a complete mess. 1
adjective half-completed Grammar. having all modifying or complementary elements included: The complete subject of “The dappled pony gazed over the fence” is “The dappled pony.”. Compare simple (def 20). 1
adjective half-completed Also, completed. Football. (of a forward pass) caught by a receiver. 1

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Origin of half-completed

First appearance:

before 1325

One of the 16% oldest English words

1325-75; Middle English (< Middle French) < Latin complētus (past participle of complēre to fill up, fulfill, equivalent to com- com- + plē- fill + -tus past participle suffix

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Parts of speech for Half-completed

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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half-completed popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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