And in the case of Flaubert's last novel - initially reconstructed by his niece from some 4,000 manuscript pages after his sudden death in 1880 - the word "finish" carries not just the meaning of completion but that crucial element of polish and rounding-off, so essential in the case of the man who fretted endlessly over le mot juste.
Of 191 programmes assessed, 32 were given the green all-clear rating - meaning successful completion is "highly likely" - with 49 classed as amber/green, meaning success is "probable".
At baseline, 48% of patients reported at least a little sexual activity (item 48), meaning that completion rates for the sexual scales and items were generally good (>75%).
This 15th quarterly SectorPulse study on the quality of customer service among America's largest wireless carriers had Verizon in the top spot with an "A" in caller satisfaction and a "B" for call completion, meaning how many callers were able to get complete a call.
Jowell's team calculates that the London repayments on the Olympic Games will require just £25m before completion, meaning the Olympic precept worth £61m will be available entirely for Sure Start from 2017-18.
They know how to get the job done, meaning their "suicide completion rate" exceeds the average for the population.
* Pregnancy advisors reported at each session whether the topic was covered "fully" (meaning they completed the entire script and slides for that risk factor area), "partially" (meaning they were only able to complete part of the content), and if they were not able to complete the content at all, they indicated the reasons for non-completion.
Outcomes in RCT's of antipsychotic medications are often examined using last observation carried forward (LOCF) and mixed effect models (MMRM), these ignore meaning of non-completion and thus rely on questionable assumptions.
It is about the aching search for completion and meaning in this life.
"Gamification can activate a variety of psychological triggers that motivate employees, including the desire for mastery, autonomy, meaning, social comparison, and completion," Werbach explains.
