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complement

Pronunciation:/ˈkɒmpləmənt//ˈkɑmpləmənt/

noun

Definitions

  1. A protective substance that exists in the serum or other bodily fluid and is capable of killing microorganisms; complement.

noun

Definitions

  1. Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.

  2. The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.

  3. The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.

  4. Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.

verb

Definitions

  1. To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

    Example: We believe your addition will complement the team.

  2. To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.

    Example: I believe our talents really complement each other.

  3. To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.

  4. Old form of compliment

noun

Definitions

  1. A good whose appeal increases with the popularity of its complement