Complete vs Enter - What's the difference?
complete | enter |
To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
To make whole or entire.
With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
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Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
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, title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5
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(Generic intensifier).
(analysis, Of a metric space) in which every Cauchy sequence converges.
(algebra, Of a lattice) in which every set with a lower bound has a greatest lower bound.
(math, Of a category) in which all small limits exist.
(logic, of a proof system of a formal system) With respect to a given semantics, that any well-formed formula which is (semantically) valid must also be provable.Sainsbury, Mark [2001] Logical Forms : An Introduction to Philosophical Logic . Blackwell Publishing, Hong Kong (2010), p. 358.
* Gödel's first incompleteness theorem showed that Principia'' could not be both consistent and complete. According to the theorem, for every sufficiently powerful logical system (such as ''Principia''), there exists a statement ''G'' that essentially reads, "The statement ''G'' cannot be proved." Such a statement is a sort of Catch-22: if ''G'' is provable, then it is false, and the system is therefore inconsistent; and if ''G is not provable, then it is true, and the system is therefore incomplete.(w)
(lb) To go or come into an enclosed or partially enclosed space.
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*:Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
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*:In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.Strangers might enter the room, but they were made to feel that they were there on sufferance: they were received with distance and suspicion.
(lb) To cause to go (into), or to be received (into); to put in; to insert; to cause to be admitted.
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(lb) To go or come into (a state or profession).
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, title= (lb) To type (something) into a computer; to .
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(lb) To record (something) in an account, ledger, etc.
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To become a party to an agreement, treaty, etc.
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*:I am pleased to notify the Congress of my intent to enter into a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the Government of Singapore.
To become effective; to come into effect.
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(lb) To go into or upon, as lands, and take actual possession of them.
(legal) To place in regular form before the court, usually in writing; to put upon record in proper from and order.
to make report of (a vessel or its cargo) at the custom house; to submit a statement of (imported goods), with the original invoices, to the proper customs officer for estimating the duties. See entry .
(transitive, US, dated, historical) To file, or register with the land office, the required particulars concerning (a quantity of public land) in order to entitle a person to a right of preemption.
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to deposit for copyright the title or description of (a book, picture, map, etc.).
(obsolete) To initiate; to introduce favourably.
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*:This sword but shown to Caesar, with this tidings, / Shall enter me with him.
As a verb complete
is .As a noun enter is
the "enter" key on a computer keyboard.complete
English
Alternative forms
* compleat (archaic)Verb
(complet)- He completed the assignment on time.
- The last chapter completes the book nicely.
Usage notes
* This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . SeeSynonyms
* accomplish * finishAdjective
(en-adj)citation, passage=Creating a complete map of the human connectome would therefore be a monumental milestone but not the end of the journey to understanding how our brains work.}}
Synonyms
* (with everything included) entire, total * (finished) doneAntonyms
* incompleteDerived terms
* bicomplete * cocomplete * completeness * completist * completely * completionExternal links
* *References
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* 1000 English basic words ----enter
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Alternative forms
* entreVerb
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Our banks are out of control, passage=Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining".}}
- to enter a writ, appearance, rule, or judgment
- (Burrill)
- entered according to act of Congress