completing
Saykuhm-PLEE-ting/kəmˈpliːtɪŋ/
- 1Present participle and gerund of complete.
The crew is completing the final section of the bridge this week.
Completing the marathon required months of disciplined training.
Note
A single spelling does two jobs here. After be it builds the progressive (the crew is completing the bridge). On its own it works as a noun, standing as subject or following a preposition (after completing the course). Because complete can take an object or do without one, a bare still completing is as natural as completing the set. Poker players use it too, for calling from the small blind in an unraised pot.
completing is a form of complete
complete, verb: To finish; to bring to an end; to reach the end of something. Full entry
- Spelling
- complete → completing: drop the e, add -ing
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