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How to spell complete
Complete is spelled C-O-M-P-L-E-T-E. The ending is -PLETE, with an E on each side of the T, as in deplete.
What it means: To finish or make something whole.
In a sentence: I need to complete my puzzle before dinner.
Same family: completely, completion, incomplete, completed, completeness. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.
Where it comes from: The word "complete" comes from Latin "completus," from "complere," meaning "to fill up" or "to finish filling." Over time, English speakers also began using it informally as an intensifier, as in a "complete disaster" or a "complete fool."
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