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Abstract
This article explores how language, specifically English and Uzbek, express the notion of completion within actions and events, focusing on the interplay between lexical, grammatical, and semantic devices. The study emphasizes the role of temporal units and auxiliary verbs in signaling completion, examining how these elements interact with verb aspect and the cognitive conceptualization of event boundaries. Through comparative analyses and authentic textual examples, the article demonstrates that both English and Uzbek employ intricate systems - ranging from verb morphology and auxiliaries to adverbials and syntactic patterns - to capture nuances of completion, result, and iteration. The analysis highlights the centrality of verbs in organizing temporal, aspectual, and completion-related meanings while underscoring cross-linguistic differences and the contextual flexibility with which completion is conceptualized and expressed.