Completed
[kəm'plitɪd]
Definition
(adj.) caught; 'a completed forward pass' .
(adj.) (of a marriage) completed by the first act of sexual intercourse after the ceremony .
Checker: Mortimer--From WordNet
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Complete
Typist: Ruth
Examples
- The product is shipped out as soon as it is completed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Till the Mounds is down and this business completed, you're accountable for all the property, recollect. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- This accident caused some delay, but the other tubes were in the meantime progressing, and the completed bridge was opened for public traffic on the 21st of October, 1850. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- It was the only good thing I had done, and the only completed thing I had done, since I was first apprised of my great expectations. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Byllesby and the late Luther Stieringer, was completed and in operation within six weeks after the placing of the order. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Of course, we all remember how the battery was completed and put on the market. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In 1815 reconstruction was begun, and completed in 1827. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- About a month before this period, some ingenious Frenchman had completed the discovery in the manner originally proposed by Dr. Franklin. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In the summer of 1852 the Panama railroad was completed only to the point where it now crosses the Chagres River. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Having completed these arrangements, he walked up to the gate, to read the bill. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- My little packing here can be completed in ten minutes--my travelling-dress assumed in ten minutes more. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Burning completed. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The completed rail is then covered with a finishing strip, known as the blind rail, which covers the unsightly bolt heads and adds to the artistic effect of the table. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- When all was completed the great staging was removed, and the mighty tube rested alone and secure upon its massive wedge-faced piers rising from the bedrock of the flood below. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Thank you, said my patient, but I have felt another man since the doctor bandaged me, and I think that your breakfast has completed the cure. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Before it was in this final, completed shape, it was adopted by the _London Times_. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The entry was scarcely completed when they reached the Golden Cross. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- By another ingenious device the cord was tied and cut, when the sewing was completed. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- And these, with some ordinary London lodging-house furniture of the better sort, completed the whole. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- When this operation is completed, it immediately sets to work to enlarge the hole with the help of its hind legs. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Dozens of photographs of this sort, and all inscribed in this manner, were completed before I left Cumberland, and hundreds more remain to be done. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Ursula's face closed, she completed herself against them all. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- In 1815 he completed an extensive geological map of England, on which all subsequent geological maps have been modeled. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- They were so placed that when a rat passed over them the fore feet on the one plate and the hind feet on the other completed the circuit and the rat departed this life, electrocuted. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But for some reason it was never completed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The Britannia Bridge was commenced in May, 1846, and the first of the main tubes was completed in June, 1849. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- He made a raid on a neighboring baron and completed his outfit with the booty secured. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- If the project cannot be completed, it ought to be given up. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The completed envelope was then thrown out into a basket, or it slided out of the machine on to those before made. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- Here, on the night when the shrine was completed, Vishnu the Preserver appeared to the three Brahmins in a dream. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
Typist: Ruth