completeness
/kəmˈplitnəs/kuhm-PLEET-nuhs
/kəmˈplitnəs/kuhm-PLEET-nuhs
Meaningthe quality of being complete
Common meaning: having every part
- comwith, together
- pletfull; to fillLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1386 · scan
- nessnoun ending: the state of being
‘with, together’ + ‘full’ → completeness
Journey through time
- Latinplēnus; pleō‘full’
- Englishcomplete‘having all its parts’
- Englishformed in English from completecompleteness‘having every part’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Formed in English from complete + -ness.
Dictionary: Skeat (1898), COMPLETE, p.125 · scan
Roots
- plēnus; pleō Latin “full; to fill”
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