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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=late 14th century|origins=la pleo}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /kəmˈpliː.ʃən/ ''(UK)''; /kəmˈpli.ʃən/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|complētio|t=a filling up]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(NODE 1998) from [[m|la|compleo|alt=complēre|t=to fill up, complete]] (see [[complete]]), from [[m|la|com-]], intensive, and [[m|la|pleo|alt=plēre|t=to fill]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Bringing to a desired end, consummation: the late 14th century as complecioun in Etymonline;^(Etymonline) the late 15th century in NODE and SOED;^(NODE 1998)^(SOED 2002) the OED's first example is from 1657.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Fulfilment of a prophecy or wish is from 1659.^(OED 1989) In conveyancing, completion is the final stage of a sale of property, when the money is paid and the deeds handed over (1794).^(OED 1989)^(Collins 2023) In American football, a completion is a forward pass caught by a receiver.^(AHD)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * late 14th century – complecioun.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1657 – the action of completing.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1794 – in conveyancing.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The act of finishing something, or the state of being finished.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The final stage in the sale of a property.^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(American football)'' A forward pass that is caught.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[noncompletion]]

+ * [[precompletion]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[complete]]

+ * [[complement]]

+ * [[comply]]

+ * [[plenty]]

+ * [[replete]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}