Complete and Start

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Complete

Complete verb - To bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point.
Usage example: the well-attended concert completed a great weekend of arts and entertainment events
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Start is an antonym for complete in topics: finish, run, carry out action.
Nearby Words: completely, completed, complement, completion, completeness

Start

Start verb - To take the first step in (a process or course of action).
Usage example: we'll be ready to start the concert in a moment
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Complete is an antonym for start in topics: stop, flinch, begin.
Nearby Words: started, startled, starting, starter, startup
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Common collocations

romance complete romance start romance
business complete business start business
project complete project start project
match complete match start match
Other words: job, group, training, stage, chain, end, time, campaign, cycle, level, adventure, story, journey, fight, mission, quest, times.

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Revelations When you start or complete the Desmond sequences the system begins to read from the disk as if the game were not installed.
    Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed: Revelations
  • Video Game / EverQuest There are plenty of unkillable NPCs, mostly to prevent players from being unable to start or complete a quest involving that NPC.
    Source: Video Game / EverQuest
  • Marathon Level It's up to 59 in-game kilometers, and takes up to 25 minutes to complete from start to finish.
    Source: Marathon Level
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