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- pronunciation:
- kam
pl
mnt
- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb), Homophone Note, Word Parts
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noun |
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something that makes a fine accompaniment to something else, makes it complete or perfect, or creates a perfect balance for it.
The sauce makes a nice complement to the flavor of the meat.- synonyms:
- accompaniment, finish, touch
- similar words:
- addition, clincher, consummation, crown, supplement
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an amount that makes up a full quantity, or the amount that is the maximum allowed.
When the complement of members was in attendance, the meeting began.Each soldier received his complement of rations and no more.- synonyms:
- aggregate, entirety, sum, total, whole
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| definition 3: |
the part that when added to something else makes up a whole or makes up a full quantity of something.
The red tailored jacket and its complement, a pair of matching wool trousers, make up this very stylish suit.Our office here in New York, together with our complement in London, can see to the needs of our clients on both continents.- similar words:
- addendum, addition, augmentation, correlate, correlative, correspondent, counterpart, enrichment, mate
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in grammar, a word or phrase that is necessary to complete a construction, such as "happy" in the sentence "He seems happy," or "a judge" in the sentence "She became a judge."
The complement of a verb is called a direct object (for example, the word "cake" in the sentence "I baked a cake"), but not all verbs require complements.- similar words:
- correlative, ending, supplement
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in geometry, the difference between a right angle and a given angle that is less than ninety degrees.
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| definition 6: |
a heat-sensitive substance in normal blood serum and plasma that, in combination with antibodies, destroys antigens.
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antagonist |
adjective + (n.)complement
active, alternative, entire, essential, excellent, full, ideal, logical, natural, near, necessary, nice, normal, opposite, perfect, useful, usual
verb + (n.)complement
activate, contain, lack, maintain
(n.)complement
+ verb
compete
noun + (n.)complement
brain, cell, finding, pathway, potato, principle, ship
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
complements, complementing, complemented |
| definition: |
to make a fine accompaniment to, or to complete, perfect, or bring into perfect balance.
My father is outgoing and my mother is shy, and they complement each other in many other ways as well.This wine complements the fish very nicely.
- synonyms:
- cap, complete, conclude, crown, culminate, perfect
- similar words:
- climax, finish, round out, supplement
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chime, complete, match, piece |
adverb + (v.)complement
beautifully, near, perfectly
(v.)complement
+ adverb
nicely
(v.)complement
+ noun
architecture,
chocolate,
collection,
commentary,
component,
curriculum,
decor,
dish,
display,
effort,
exhibition,
flavor,
foliage,
frame,
furnishing,
furniture,
green,
ingredient,
instruction,
learning,
lecture,
mechanism,
objective,
offering,
outfit,
pork,
scheme,
setting,
skill,
skin,
style,
survey,
sweetness,
talent,
telescope,
text,
theme,
tomato,
tone
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Are you looking for the word compliment (a flattering comment)? Complement and compliment sound alike, but they have different meanings.
The word complement
contains the following parts:
com-
Latin
prefix
that means with, together
  More about this word part:
The prefix com-
attaches to Latin bases beginning with m, p, or b. It has multiple forms, as the 'm' sound in com-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms col-, con-, cor-, and co-. Note: com-
is frequently an intensive prefix, as in " commemorate
" and " command
."
Example words:
accomplish, combat, combine, commerce, commercial, commingle, commission, commissioner, commit, comparison, complex, comport, comprehend, incomprehensible, command, commemorate, commute, compare, compel, complacent, complete, complement, complicate, compliment, compose, component, compound1, compulsory, compulsive, computer, compute
- synonyms:
- syn-
ple, plen, plet
Latin
root
that means fill up, fulfill
Example words:
complement, compliment, complete, deplete, plenary, plenipotentiary, plenitude, plenteous, plentiful, plenty, replenish, replete, accomplish, comply
-ment
Latin
noun-forming suffix
that means act, process, or instance of
More about this word part:
The suffix -ment
attaches to Latin verb roots (e.g., doc, reg, sed) or to English verbs of Latin origin to form nouns.
Example words:
adjustment, advertisement, agreement, announcement, annulment, armament, arrangement, commandment, commitment, compartment, complement, compliment, comportment, department, deportment, document, emolument, employment, entertainment, fragment, government, impediment, improvement, indictment, investment, judgment, measurement, movement, pediment, regiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, tenement, vestment
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