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completeness

completeness

7 4.2
The state of having everything needed
  • noun
  • /kəmˈpliːtnəs/
translation icon : completud
  • The firm's make moving everything easy; the completeness of their relocation firm bowled me over.
  • for the sake of completeness
  • completeness or wholeness
  • completeness and accuracy

I think it represents the completeness and the incompleteness of life.

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Examples

  • My compliments on the completeness of this report.

  • And his attention makes you feel special, gives you a sense of completeness.

  • Well, the feeling of completeness comes from the giving back and the paying.

  • I felt a kind of completeness.

  • Good mental health is when a person feels a sense of wholeness and completeness within themselves.

  • Indeed, he felt his satisfaction in the ritual was the mark of the completeness of his rehabilitation.

    Academic text (1993)
  • Mathematics is presented with unusual clarity, completeness, and concern for conceptual pitfalls.

    Academic text (1996)
  • There was a feeling of rightness about the creature, of completeness, such that the xandu didn't think to fear.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • The artist aimed for completeness in her painting by adding every necessary detail.

  • In order to ensure the project's completeness, the team reviewed all components before submission.

Synonyms

entirety
vscompleteness
68 4.1

The whole of something that includes every part

focuses on having required parts rather than emphasizing lack of division
totality
vscompleteness
32 6.5

All the parts of something considered together

is about possessing necessary parts rather than the entire measured amount
fullness
vscompleteness
11 4.1

A complete account that covers all main parts

focuses on required parts rather than breadth or abundance
thoroughness
vscompleteness
8 5.3

Careful work that checks every detail

means possessing necessary parts rather than the careful way of doing work
wholeness
vscompleteness
5 3.9

A feeling of being complete and not missing anything in life

is about having the necessary parts rather than absence of damage
comprehensiveness
vscompleteness
1 6.6

Covering all or most important parts

is about having the necessary parts rather than almost every aspect
exhaustivity
vscompleteness
  • Formal
8.9

The state of being complete and leaving nothing out

is about having the necessary parts rather than every possible detail
allness
vscompleteness
9.9

A belief that one idea includes everything

is about having required parts rather than total universality
entireness
vscompleteness
7.1

A state of being whole and complete

highlights required parts rather than the abstract state of undivision
integrality
vscompleteness
9.1

A state when something is whole and has all its parts

is about possession of needed parts rather than unity or essential status

Antonyms

98 4.5

Not having enough of something that is needed

30 5.8

A lack of enough skill, quality, or amount to meet a need

A state where something has missing parts or information

How Complete

perfection
97 3.7
thoroughness
8 5.3
completeness
7 4.2

Surface Forms

completeness singular

Morphology

completeness = complete (transparent) = complete + ness

Standard noun formation from the adjective 'complete' indicating the state or quality of being complete.

Etymology

Completeness comes from complete, which goes back to the Latin root plere meaning 'to fill' and is related to the English word plenty, so completeness means being 'filled' with all necessary parts, having everything you need.