Definition of complament
1. complement [ n ] a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
Used in print:(Ralph B. Long. The Sentence and Its Parts: A...)
is Bill 's broken a chair , dominant stress will usually be on the complement a chair .
In I know one thing dominant stress will usually be on the complement one thing ; in one thing I know it will usually be on the predicator know .
In small-town people are very friendly dominant stress will generally be on the complement very friendly ; in the double sentence the smaller the town , the friendlier the people it will generally be on the subjects the town and the people .
it will generally be on the complement a linguist .
Dominant stress is on her luggage both in that 's her luggage , where her luggage is the complement , and in there 's her luggage , where it is the subject .
Synonyms complement Related Terms construction2. complement [ v ] make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to
Examples:
"I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"
(Frank Getlein and Harold C. Gardiner, S.J., Movies,...)
Immediately , the film improved and it improved because in narrative it found a content based on time to complement its own unbreakable connection with time .
Synonyms complement Related Terms balance3. complement [ n ] number needed to make up whole force
Examples: : "a full complement of workers"
(87th Congress, 1st Session. Congressional Record....)
Military experts say a tight naval_blockade off Cuban ports and at the approaches to Cuban waters would require two naval task_forces , each built around an aircraft_carrier with a complement of about 100 planes and several destroyers .
Synonyms full_complement complement Related Terms work_force ship's_company4. complement [ n ] a complete number or quantity
Examples: : "a full complement"
(Booton Herndon, "From Custer to Korea, The 7th Cavalry"...)
Its entire complement of non-commissioned officers on the platoon level had departed as cadre for another unit , and its vehicles were still those used in the drive across Luzon in World_War_2 , .
Synonyms complement Related Terms count5. complement [ n ] something added to complete or make perfect
Examples: : "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"
(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)
Heydrich , in opening the Conference , followed the reasoning and even the phraseology of the order issued earlier by Goering which authorized the Final_Solution as `` a complement to '' previous `` solutions '' for eliminating the Jews from German living_space through violence , economic_strangulation , forced emigration , and evacuation .
Synonyms complement Related Terms increase6. complement [ n ] one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
Synonyms complement Related Terms enzyme immune_response7. complement [ n ] either of two parts that mutually complete each other
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