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complement

5 definitions • 4 examples
1
to make something else seem better or more attractive when combining with it:

Examples:

Strawberries and cream complement each other perfectly.
The music complements her voice perfectly.
2
a part of a clause that usually follows the verb in English and adds more information about the subject or object
3
to help make something or someone more complete or effective:

Examples:

She used photographs to complement the text of the news story.
4
A complement is a number of people or things that makes something complete:

Examples:

We had a full complement of reporters and photographers along.
5
A complement is part of a word or phrase that completes the predicate (= the part of a sentence that gives information about the subject), as “nothing” in “They told him nothing.”

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