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completest | completist |

As adjectives the difference between completest and completist

is that completest is superlative of complete while completist is which attempts to collect something completely.

As a verb completest

is archaic second-person singular of complete lang=en.

As a noun completist is

a collector who strives to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing.

completest

English

Adjective

(head)
  • (complete)

    • Verb

    (head)

    • complete

    English

    Alternative forms

    * compleat (archaic)

    Verb

    (complet)
  • To finish; to make done; to reach the end.
    • He completed the assignment on time.
  • To make whole or entire.
    • The last chapter completes the book nicely.

    Usage notes

    * This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing) . See

    Synonyms

    * accomplish * finish

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • With all parts included; with nothing missing; full.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2012, month=March-April
    • , author= , title=Well-connected Brains , volume=100, issue=2, page=171 , magazine=(American Scientist) 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.}}
  • Finished; ended; concluded; completed.
  • *
    • , title=(The Celebrity), chapter=5 , passage=In the eyes of Mr. Farquhar Fenelon Cooke the apotheosis of the Celebrity was complete . The people of Asquith were not only willing to attend the house-warming, but had been worked up to the pitch of eagerness. The Celebrity as a matter of course was master of ceremonies.}}
  • (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)

    • Synonyms

    * (with everything included) entire, total * (finished) done

    Antonyms

    * incomplete

    Derived terms

    * bicomplete * cocomplete * completeness * completist * completely * completion

    External links

    * *

    References

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    completist

    English

    Etymology 1

    . Originally from fanspeak, the slang of science fiction fans.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A collector who strives to obtain a complete collection of some type of thing.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 1944 , first = John Bristol , last = Speer , authorlink = Jack Speer , title = Fancyclopedia , url = http://www.fanac.org/Fannish_Reference_Works/Fancyclopedia/Fancyclopedia_I/c.html
  • completist
    • , section = Completist , passage = completist - A dope who tries to have a complete collection in some line. The line may be as broad as having all the prozines ever published, or as narrow as collecting all the Golden Atom tales or all official correspondence during one's incumbency in some office. The trouble arises when the collector misses purchasing an issue (or fails to keep a carbon copy, or whatever), or when his ambitions extend back to a time before he started saving the stuff. Then he prowls the 2d-hand magazine shops, writes letters to everybody who mite know where a particular prize is, worries librarians and other public servants, and occasionally makes a marvelous find in some unexpected place and goes around rejoicing. }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1953 , date = Winter , first = William "Bob" , last = Tucker , authorlink = William Tucker , magazine = Science Fiction Newsletter , title = The Philadelphia Story , url = http://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Science_Fiction_Newsletter/SFNews28-13.html , issue = 28 , page = 13 , passage = Ozzie Train, secretary. Ozzie needs little introduction, other than that he is the remaining half of Prime Press, and a genuine completist . }}
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1997 , date = June , first = Harvey , last = Pekar , magazine = , title = CD Reviews , issn = 0272-572-X , volume = , issue = , pages = 120–121 , passage = There's no new material on it, just previously issued bits and pieces. That rules out the completist collector. Go figure. }}
  • * {{quote-web
    • , year = 2008 , date = June 21 , first = Matt , last = Selman , title = The Completist , work = , url = http://techland.time.com/2008/06/21/the_completist/ , passage = But it’s even harder for me, because… I am a completist . Once I start reading an author’s work, I need to read everything that writer has written. I can’t veer away. I need to check all that author’s books off my mental list. My knowledge of their work must be complete. }}

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Which attempts to collect something completely.
  • * {{quote-magazine
    • , year = 1982 , date = Spring , first = Charlotte , last = Laughlin , authorlink = , magazine = Paperback Quarterly , title = Conan in Paperback , volume = 5 , issue = 1 , page = 21 , passage = The completist collector of Conan will want not only all the Conan paperbacks, but also those about Conan or using the name Conan to promote sales of other books by Robert E. Howard. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2013 , title = Essential Jazz , first1 = Henry , last1 = Martin , first2 = Keith , last2 = Waters , chapter = Jazz Since the 1980s , pages = 215–216 , isbn = 9781133964407 , passage = The company decided to include every scrap of recorded material, no matter how insignificant. Sometime excerpts were only a few seconds long, with the recording cut off by Parker, the recording engineer, or the producer following a false start, technical problem, or other blatant error. No matter—every flub was issued, available for scrutiny. This completist philosophy was subsequently extended to Parker's other two record companies, Dial and Verve, as well as to his live performances, often captured on amateur equipment in informal settings. }}
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year = 2013 , date = November , first = Roy , last = Shuker , authorlink = , title = Popular Music Fandom , section = Record Collecting and Fandom , isbn = 9781134467693 , page = 173 , passage = Many collectors have a strong interest in particular artists or genres of music, often combining these with a general collection, but taking a more completist approach. }}

    Related terms

    * completism

    References

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    Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person who champions any philosophy which somehow includes the completeness of something; as, a completist philosopher who holds that a definite complete body of knowledge exists to be discovered

    • Etymology 3

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete)
    • English fandom slang