complete set

Every piece included

A complete set contains all the items that belong together—nothing missing.

In collecting, a complete set of baseball cards or stamps includes every piece issued in a series.

In mathematics, a complete set has specific technical meanings about spanning or closure properties.

The phrase often implies achievement or satisfaction: I finally have the complete set.

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the whole nine yards · package · kit · set · box set · series · matching · entire · total · comprehensive · full house · royal flush · suite · bundle · assembled · intact · finished · deck

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wholeness/completion

complete setsubset

Collection within collection

fragment · portion · partial · incomplete · remnant

unity/fragmentation

complete setscattered pieces

odds and ends · remnants · leftovers

mathematical set theory

complete setempty set

Collection with no elements

null set

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G