(a.) Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficiency; entire; perfect; consummate.
(a.) Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.
(a.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil.
(v. t.) To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.
Example Sentences:
(1) Tryptic digestion of the membranes caused complete disappearance of the binding activity, but heat-treatment for 5 min at 70 degrees C caused only 40% loss of activity.
(2) The nucleotide sequence of a 2.2-kb DNA fragment which contains the complete RAD7 gene was determined.
(3) Participants (n=165) entering a week-long outpatient education program completed a protocol measuring self-care patterns, glycosylated hemoglobin levels, and emotional well-being.
(4) All subjects completed the Coping Strategies Questionnaire, which measures the use and perceived effectiveness of a variety of cognitive and behavioral coping strategies in controlling and decreasing pain.
(5) At pH 7.0, reduction is complete after 6 to 10 h. These results together with an earlier study concerning the positions of the two most readily reduced bonds (Cornell J.S., and Pierce, J.G.
(6) The peak molecular weight never reached that of a complete 2:1 complex.
(7) Complete heart block was produced in 20 of 20 dogs.
(8) The complete nucleotide sequence of the gene for a cell surface protein antigen (SpaA) of Streptococcus sobrinus MT3791 (serotype g) was determined.
(9) In the clinical trials in which there was complete substitution of fat-modified ruminant foods for conventional ruminant products the fall in serum cholesterol was approximately 10%.
(10) Completeness of isolation of the coronary and systemic circulations was shown by the marked difference in appearance times between the reflex hypotensive responses from catecholamine injections into the isolated coronary circulation and the direct hypertensive response from a similar injection when the circulations were connected as well as by the marked difference between the pressure pulses recorded simultaneously on both sides of the aortic balloon separating the two circulations.4.
(11) Treatment of the bound F1-ATPase with 4-chloro-7-nitrobenzofurazan prevented complete release of the enzyme by ATP.
(12) To determine the accuracy of double-contrast arthrography in complete rotator cuff tears, we studied 805 patients thought to have a complete rotator cuff tear who had undergone double-contrast shoulder arthrography (DCSA) between 1978 and 1983.
(13) Veterans admitted to a 90-day alcoholism treatment program were administered the MMPI, and those who completed the program were retested before discharge.
(14) Cop rats, however, possess a single 'suppressor' gene which confers complete resistance to mammary cancer.
(15) Of the five committees asked to develop bills, four have completed their work, and the Senate Finance Committee announced today that it will move forward next week.
(16) The patient recovered completely following discontinuation of antibiotics, transfusion of red blood cells, and treatment with glucocorticoids.
(17) Attempts to eliminate congenital dislocation of the hip by detecting it early have not been completely successful.
(18) Subthreshold concentrations of the drug to induce complete blockade (5 x 10(-8)M) allowed to observe a greater depression of bioelectric cell characteristics in primary than in transitional fibres.
(19) The first group was reared in complete darkness while the second one was subjected to permanent noise.
(20) Several dimensions of the outcome of 86 schizophrenic patients were recorded 1 year after discharge from inpatient index-treatment to complete a prospective study concerning the course of illness (rehospitalization, symptoms, employment and social contacts).
Outright
Definition:
(adv.) Immediately; without delay; at once; as, he was killed outright.
(adv.) Completely; utterly.
Example Sentences:
(1) Obamacare price hikes show that now is the time to be bold | Celine Gounder Read more No longer able to keep patients off their plans outright, insurers have resorted to other ways to discriminate and avoid paying for necessary treatments.
(2) However, Pearson is understood to have believed an offer from News Corporation to buy Penguin outright would not have been financially viable.
(3) Although the cranes swing, much of the new living zones now being created range from the ho-hum to the outright catastrophic.
(4) A debate exists within civil libertarian circles about the value of holding out for an outright expiration of Section 215.
(5) This provides a valid basis for adjustment of assay results or for outright rejection of an assay.
(6) By creating an environment of intolerance – one could even say outright hostility – towards an already besieged community, the laws have fostered a surge of anti-gay violence across the country.
(7) The Gayes’ lawyer branded Williams and Thicke liars who went beyond trying to emulate the sound of Gaye’s late-1970s music and copied the R&B legend’s hit Got to Give It Up outright.
(8) However, the over-riding view is that with Global's plan to buy GMG Radio outright all but thwarted, senior executives at German-owned Bauer will be breathing a sigh of relief.
(9) But the crowd at Bob Jones University did not seem to care for the journalism of the New York Times, or that Cruz senior has recently said that LGBT activists will try to “legalise pedophilia”, that it is “ appalling ” that Houston has a gay mayor, and that he has opined that President Obama is an “outright Marxist” who should go “back to Kenya” .
(10) Her party was denied an outright majority by one seat, after a tie with the Lib Dems led to the result being decided by drawing lots.
(11) "A second Greek bailout is almost certain to result in outright losses for taxpayers further down the road because, even with the help of additional money, Greece remains likely to default within the next few years," said Raoul Ruparel, analyst at the Open Europe think tank.
(12) ‘Like the poshest hostage video ever’: our columnists on the Queen’s speech | Panel Read more The latest public attitudes survey by the National Centre for Social Research suggests that Euroscepticism – measured by the 43% of Scottish voters who want the EU’s powers to be cut or the 17% it records as wanting to leave outright – is at a record high in Scotland .
(13) People eagerly accept such evidence-free claims "because the alternative mean[s] confronting outright mendacity from otherwise respected authorities, trading the calm of certainty for the disquiet of doubt".
(14) They had inhabited their house as long, and by this time owned it outright.
(15) She has also slammed the “illogical and outright offensive” language used by those against same-sex marriage.
(16) We do not state outright that named foreign brands can be linked to factories employing child labour,” the ODI report says.
(17) The government's early defence of Jeremy Hunt against the barrage of criticism over his apparent closeness to News Corp centred on the charge that Frédéric Michel , News Corp's in-house lobbyist, had exaggerated, even outright distorted, accounts of his contact with Hunt and his team.
(18) They showed that the presidential election will go to a second round, after no candidate reached the 50% needed for an outright win.
(19) Still, Rafsanjani – often accused of sitting on the fence – did not call outright for an annulment.
(20) Since the two chambers have equal powers, a government must secure outright majorities in both for its legislation.