complement
The totality, the full amount or number which completes somethingThe totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
» We complement each other.
Wir ergänzen uns gegenseitig.
Ми доповнюємо одне одного.
Meaning
22 senses(countable, uncountable)The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
(countable, uncountable)The whole working force of a vessel.
number needed to make up a whole force
(countable, uncountable)An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
дополне́ние до прямо́го угла́dopolnénije do prjamóvo uglá
(countable, uncountable)Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition.
(countable, uncountable)A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
дополне́ниеdopolnénije
a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
(countable, uncountable)A phonetic complement is a graphic element that modifies another, such as (in Linear B script) a small syllabogram that is attached to a logogram as an abbreviation of its reading (as opposed to an adjunct that abbreviates an adjective that modifies that logogram).
(countable, uncountable)An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
(countable, uncountable)The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light).
The complement of blue is orange.
дополни́тельный цветdopolnítelʹnyj cvet
(countable, uncountable)Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement).
The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.
Komplement
ра́зность мно́жествráznostʹ mnóžestv, дополне́ниеdopolnénije
доповнення множинdopovnennja množyn, доповненняdopovnennja
(countable, uncountable)One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
комплеме́нтkomplemént
one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
(countable, uncountable)An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
(countable, uncountable)A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
Examples
37 sentencesWe complement each other.
Ми доповнюємо одне одного.
deWir ergänzen uns gegenseitig.
Tom and I complement each other.
Tom and Mary complement each other.
They complemented each other.
deSie haben sich ergänzt.
You complement me.
Ви мене доповнюєте.
ruТы меня дополняешь.
deDu vervollständigst mich.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English complement, from Latin complēmentum (“that which fills up or completesFrom Middle English complement, from Latin complēmentum (“that which fills up or completes”), from compleō (“to fill up; to complete”) (English complete). Doublet of compliment. The verb is from the noun.
See compliment.
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Forms
plural: complements| Singular | complement |
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regular
Synonyms
3 synonyms- something added to complete or embellish or make perfect:accompaniment
- number needed to make up a whole force:full complement
Word family
32 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable