completes
- 1Third-person singular simple present of complete.
A careful editor completes the manuscript review within two weeks.
Each runner completes the loop twice before crossing the line.
Note
Every verb sense of complete shares this -s form, so one spelling covers quite different jobs. With an object it can mean finishing something (she completes the form) or making something whole (the last piece completes the set). Without an object it simply means reaching the end (the download completes). Poker players have their own use: a player in the small blind who only calls an unraised pot completes.
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completes is a form of complete
complete, verb: To finish; to bring to an end; to reach the end of something. Full entry
- Forms
- completecompletes he/she/itcompleting -ing formcompleted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- complete → completes: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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