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Is the d silent? Is there any special rule for verbs that end with "e"? Or maybe there is some past tense form, or context, in which "complete" remains "complete"?

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    Where? What dialect or variety of English? Completed, rotated, deleted, (etc) all have a terminal 'd' that is pronounced in most prestigious/educated/cultured English variants - no 'special rule'. Commented Jun 22 at 17:36
  • "Job completed" for example - is it correct to say "job com-plee-ted"?
    – manish ma
    Commented Jun 22 at 17:44
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    Yes, it's correct. In fact, to me it's so obviously correct that I wonder if you're really asking another question. For example, you can say "job [is] complete" in certain contexts, but then it's not a verb, it's an adjective. Where it is clearly a verb (I completed the job last night) the terminal 'd' is pronounced normally as @MichaelHarvey has explained. Commented Jun 22 at 17:53
  • Yes, maybe as an adjective! Thanks!
    – manish ma
    Commented Jun 22 at 18:00
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"Complete" and "completed" are different parts of speech/tenses of the same word

As an adjective, the word is "complete", with the comparative "completer" and superlative "completest".

"Completely" is the adverb.

As a verb, "complete" is the first and second person present, "completes" is the 3rd person present, "completed" is the past tense, and "completing" is the present participle of gerund.

The "d" in "completed" would normally be pronounced in most English dialects, but, as always, it depends on the following sounds. While I can't think of a particular sound combination that would cause me to drop the "d", that doesn't mean there isn't one.

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