completion
completions
When something comes to completion, it's finished. In football, a pass that's been caught is called a completion.
If a wide receiver has a lot of completions, then he had a good day: that means he caught a lot of passes. But if the receiver is out of bounds or drops the ball, then there's no completion. Quarterbacks are judged by their completion rate, too. Off the gridiron, you can use the word completion to talk about anything that's been completed or achieved. Graduation day marks the completion of high school. The completion of a new building or a PhD can take years.
Definitions of completion
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a concluding action
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synonyms:
closing, culmination, mop up, windup
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consummation
the act of bringing to completion or fruition
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consummation
the completion of marriage by sexual intercourse
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finish, finishing
the act of finishing
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finalisation, finalization
the act of finalizing
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follow-through
carrying some project or intention to full completion
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follow-through
the act of carrying a stroke to its natural completion
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graduation
the successful completion of a program of study
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fruition, realisation, realization
something that is made real or concrete
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fulfillment, fulfilment
the act of consummating something (a desire or promise etc)
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close, closing curtain, finale, finis
the concluding part of any performance
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conclusion, ending, termination
the act of ending something
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(American football) a successful forward pass in football
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synonyms:
pass completion
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