{
    "term": "completion",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act or process of finishing something; the state of being finished and complete",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the completion of the new hospital building"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Satisfactory completion of the course does not ensure you a job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The project is **due for completion** in the spring."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The road is **nearing completion** *(= it is nearly finished)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the date of completion/the completion date"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Development of the site has been delayed pending completion of the sewerage scheme."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Payment will be made following successful completion of the job."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The book is near completion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The bridge is due for completion in May."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The committee will report back to us on completion of the study."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The renovation of the museum is now nearing completion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There was a party to celebrate the completion of the project."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to bring the project to completion"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["rapid", "speedy", "early"],
                "verb + completion": ["near", "reach", "bring something to"],
                "completion + noun": ["date", "time", "rate"],
                "preposition": [
                    "after completion",
                    "following completion",
                    "before completion"
                ],
                "phrases": ["the date of completion"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the formal act of completing the sale of property, for example the sale of a house",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The keys will be handed over on completion."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The floorboards were replaced prior to completion of the sale."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpliːʃn/",
                "audio": "co/completion/completion__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/kəmˈpliːʃn/",
                "audio": "co/completion/completion__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 15th cent.: from Latin completio(n-), from complere ‘fill up’, from com- (expressing intensive force) + plere ‘fill’."
}