'Complement' definitions:
Definition of 'complement'
From: WordNet
noun
A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
noun
A complete number or quantity; "a full complement"
noun
Number needed to make up a whole force; "a full complement of workers" [syn: complement, full complement]
noun
Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish" [syn: complement, accompaniment]
noun
One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
noun
Either of two parts that mutually complete each other
verb
Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"
Definition of 'Complement'
From: GCIDE
- Complement \Com"ple*ment\, v. t.
- 1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.] [1913 Webster]
- 2. To compliment. [Obs.] --Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Complement'
From: GCIDE
- Complement \Com"ple*ment\, n. [L. complementun: cf. F. compl['e]ment. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment.]
- 1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete. [1913 Webster]
- 2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole. [1913 Webster]
- History is the complement of poetry. --Sir J. Stephen. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness. [1913 Webster]
- To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. --Hakluyt. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Math.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- Without vain art or curious complements. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 6. (Naut.) The whole working force of a vessel. [1913 Webster]
- 7. (Mus.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third. [1913 Webster]
- 8. A compliment. [Obs.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under Logarithm.
- Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84.
- Complement of an arc or Complement of an angle (Geom.), the difference between that arc or angle and 90[deg].
- Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon.
- In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'complement'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- A to izzard,
- A to Z,
- accession,
- accessory,
- accompaniment,
- add to,
- addenda,
- addendum,
- additament,
- addition,
- additive,
- additory,
- additum,
- adjunct,
- adjuvant,
- age group,
- aggregate,
- all,
- all and sundry,
- allowance,
- ally,
- alpha and omega,
- alter ego,
- analogon,
- analogue,
- annex,
- annexation,
- answer,
- answer to,
- appanage,
- appendage,
- appendant,
- appositive,
- appurtenance,
- appurtenant,
- assemblage,
- associate,
- attachment,
- attribute,
- attributive,
- augment,
- augmentation,
- bakehead,
- band,
- battalion,
- be-all,
- be-all and end-all,
- beginning and end,
- bellyful,
- bevy,
- black gang,
- body,
- boilerman,
- brigade,
- brother,
- bumper,
- bunch,
- bungs,
- cabal,
- cabin boy,
- capacity,
- cast,
- charge,
- chips,
- clique,
- close copy,
- close match,
- coda,
- coequal,
- cognate,
- cohort,
- commissary steward,
- companion,
- company,
- complete,
- completion,
- concomitant,
- confirmation,
- congenator,
- congener,
- construction modifier,
- consummation,
- contingent,
- continuation,
- coordinate,
- corollary,
- corps,
- correlate,
- correlative,
- correspond,
- correspond to,
- correspondent,
- coterie,
- counterpart,
- covey,
- cram,
- crew,
- crowd,
- crush,
- cutting,
- deckhand,
- deckie,
- deep structure,
- detachment,
- detail,
- direct object,
- division,
- each and every,
- eight,
- eleven,
- enhance,
- enhancement,
- enrichment,
- equivalent,
- everything,
- extension,
- extrapolation,
- faction,
- fellow,
- fill,
- filler,
- fireman,
- first string,
- first team,
- five,
- fixture,
- fleet,
- form-function unit,
- full house,
- full measure,
- function,
- gang,
- group,
- grouping,
- groupment,
- gun loader,
- gunner,
- hand,
- hospital steward,
- IC analysis,
- image,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- in-group,
- increase,
- increment,
- indirect object,
- jam up,
- junta,
- kindred spirit,
- lading,
- landing signalman,
- length and breadth,
- levels,
- like,
- likeness,
- load,
- mail orderly,
- makeweight,
- mate,
- mob,
- modifier,
- mouthful,
- movement,
- navigator,
- near duplicate,
- nine,
- object,
- obverse,
- offshoot,
- oiler,
- one and all,
- out-group,
- outfit,
- pack,
- package,
- package deal,
- parallel,
- party,
- peer group,
- pendant,
- perfect,
- perfection,
- phalanx,
- phrase structure,
- picture,
- platoon,
- posse,
- predicate,
- purser,
- qualifier,
- quorum,
- quota,
- radio operator,
- ranks,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocate,
- regiment,
- reinforcement,
- reserves,
- respond to,
- round out,
- roustabout,
- rowing crew,
- salon,
- second self,
- second string,
- second team,
- set,
- set off,
- shallow structure,
- side effect,
- side issue,
- similitude,
- simulacrum,
- sister,
- skinful,
- slot,
- slot and filler,
- snip,
- snips,
- snootful,
- soul mate,
- sparks,
- squad,
- stable,
- steward,
- stewardess,
- stoker,
- strata,
- string,
- structure,
- subject,
- such,
- suchlike,
- supplement,
- surface structure,
- syntactic analysis,
- syntactic structure,
- syntactics,
- syntax,
- tagmeme,
- tailpiece,
- tally,
- team,
- the corpus,
- the ensemble,
- the entirety,
- the like of,
- the likes of,
- the lot,
- the whole,
- the whole range,
- third string,
- top off,
- torpedoman,
- tribe,
- troop,
- troupe,
- twin,
- undergirding,
- underlying structure,
- varsity,
- watch,
- wing,
- word arrangement,
- word order,
- yeoman