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- [noun kom-pluh-muh nt; verb kom-pluh-ment]
- /noun ˈkɒm plə mənt; verb ˈkɒm pləˌmɛnt/
- /ˈkɒm.plɪ.ment/
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- [noun kom-pluh-muh nt; verb kom-pluh-ment]
- /noun ˈkɒm plə mənt; verb ˈkɒm pləˌmɛnt/
Definitions of complement word
- verb complement If one thing complements another, it goes well with the other thing and makes its good qualities more noticeable. 3
- verb complement If people or things complement each other, they are different or do something different, which makes them a good combination. 3
- countable noun complement Something that is a complement to something else complements it. 3
- countable noun complement The complement of things or people that something has is the number of things or people that it normally has, which enable it to function properly. 3
- countable noun complement In grammar, the complement of a link verb is an adjective group or noun group which comes after the verb and describes or identifies the subject. For example, in the sentence 'They felt very tired', 'very tired' is the complement. In 'They were students', 'students' is the complement. 3
- noun complement a person or thing that completes something 3
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Origin of complement
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin complēmentum something that completes, equivalent to complē(re) to fill up (see complete) + -mentum -ment
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Parts of speech for Complement
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
complement popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
complement usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for complement
noun complement
- accompaniment — The accompaniment to a song or tune is the music that is played at the same time as it and forms a background to it.
- consummation — a consummating or being consummated; completion; fulfillment
- rest — a support for a lance; lance rest.
- supplement — something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- self-enhancement — to raise to a higher degree; intensify; magnify: The candlelight enhanced her beauty.
verb complement
- integrate — to bring together or incorporate (parts) into a whole.
- achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- perfect — conforming absolutely to the description or definition of an ideal type: a perfect sphere; a perfect gentleman.
- finish — to bring (something) to an end or to completion; complete: to finish a novel; to finish breakfast.
- conclude — If you conclude that something is true, you decide that it is true using the facts you know as a basis.
Antonyms for complement
noun complement
- core — The core of a fruit is the central part of it. It contains seeds or pips.
- decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
- base — The base of something is its lowest edge or part.
- part — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- fraction — Mathematics. a number usually expressed in the form a/b. a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed.
verb complement
- commence — When something commences or you commence it, it begins.
- begin — To begin to do something means to start doing it.
- introduce — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- start — to begin or set out, as on a journey or activity.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
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