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Collins Primary Illustrated Dictionary

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Do not confuse complement with compliment.

complete completes, completing, completed

VERB 1 If you complete something, you finish it. • She has just completed her third short story.

ADJECTIVE 2 If something is complete, none of it is missing.

completely

ADVERB totally

SYNONYM: utterly

complex complexes

ADJECTIVE 1 Complex things have many different parts and are hard to understand.

NOUN 2 a group of buildings used for a particular purpose, such a sports complex

complexion complexions

NOUN the quality of the skin on your face

complicated

ADJECTIVE Something that is complicated is hard to understand.

complication complications

NOUN something that makes a situation more difficult to deal with

compliment compliments

NOUN If you pay someone a compliment, you tell them you admire or like something about them.

Do not confuse compliment with complement.

component components

NOUN The components of something are the parts it is made of.

compose composes, composing, composed

VERB 1 If you compose a piece of music, a letter, or a speech, you write it.

2 If something is composed of particular things or people, it is made up of them.

composer composers

NOUN someone who writes music

composition compositions

NOUN 1 a piece of music or writing

2 the things that something is made up of

compost

NOUN a mixture of rotted plants and manure that gardeners add to the soil to help plants grow

compound word compound words

NOUN a word with a single meaning, but made up of two or more words. For example, gingerbread, housework and teapot are all compound words.

comprehend comprehends, comprehending, comprehended

VERB If you comprehend something, you understand it.

comprehensive comprehensives

ADJECTIVE 1 Something that is comprehensive includes everything that you need to know.

NOUN 2 a school where children of all abilities are taught together

comprehensively ADVERB

compress compresses, compressing, compressed

VERB If you compress something, you squeeze it or shorten it. • She compressed her story into one page.

compromise compromises, compromising, compromised

NOUN 1 an agreement in which people accept less than they really wanted

VERB 2 When people compromise, they settle for less than they really wanted.

compulsory

ADJECTIVE If something is compulsory, you have to do it.

computer computers

NOUN an electronic machine that stores information and makes calculations

computerize computerizes, computerizing, computerized; also spelt computerise

VERB When a system or process is computerized, such as train timetables or bank accounts, the work is done by computers.
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