replete vs complete :

replete or complete

“Replete” usually means “stuffed,” “full to overflowing.” After eating a complete ten-course meal, you are replete.Although it has been used as a simple synonym for “complete,” this is now an unusual usage, and it is better to stick with the more common word “complete” when you have a choice.

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Definitions
  replete
  • v  fill to satisfaction
  • s  filled to satisfaction with food or drink
  • s  (followed by `with')deeply filled or permeated
    it is replete with misery
  complete
  • v  come or bring to a finish or an end; others finished in over 4 hours"
    She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree
  • v  bring to a whole, with all the necessary parts or elements
    A child would complete the family
  • v  complete or carry out
  • v  complete a pass
  • v  write all the required information onto a form
  • a  having every necessary or normal part or component or step
    a complete meal
    a complete wardrobe
    a complete set of the Britannica
    a complete set of china
    a complete defeat
    a complete accounting
  • s  perfect and complete in every respect; having all necessary qualities
    a complete gentleman
  • s  highly skilled
    a complete musician
  • s  without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
    a complete coward
  • s  having come or been brought to a conclusion
    the harvesting was complete
News & Articles
  replete
  • Spring wine festival set Saturday
    Imagine a laid-back country setting in a relaxed hilltop atmosphere replete with jazz music and a lush June backdrop.
    June 13, 2013 - The Register-Herald
  • Spring wine festival set Saturday
    Imagine a laid-back country setting in a relaxed hilltop atmosphere replete with jazz music and a lush June backdrop.
    June 13, 2013 - The Register-Herald
  • Questions on a rosy evaluation
    City Manager Mike O'Brien last night provided the City Council with his annual self-evaluation report, replete with his customary sugary rhetoric.
    June 12, 2013 - Worcester Telegram & Gazette
  complete
  • England complete 2-0 series whitewash of Argentina
    England complete 2-0 series whitewash of Argentina BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Debutant Marland Yarde scored two tries as England completed a clean sweep in Argentina for the first time with an emphatic 51-26 victory in the second test on Saturday. Coach Stuart Lancaster's team, touring without the England members of the British and Irish Lions squad who are in Australia, went one better than the ...
    June 16, 2013 - Reuters via Yahoo! News
  • Complete schedule for the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
    Complete schedule for the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival
    June 14, 2013 - Detroit Free Press
  • Complete Auto Loans Releases Guide Concerning Those With Cash Wages
    Auto loan resource, Complete Auto Loans, warns drivers against receiving "under the table wages" as this drastically affects one's ability to obtain a car loan. (PRWeb June 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/bad-credit-auto-loans/under-the-table-pay/prweb10828179.htm
    June 14, 2013 - PRWeb