Complement

//ˈkɑmpləmənt//

Synonyms for "complement" (290 found)

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gang group grouping groupment gun loader gunner hand hospital steward ic analysis image immediate constituent analysis in-group increase increment indirect object ingroup jam up junta kindred spirit lading

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landing signalman length and breadth level levels like likeness load lot mail orderly makeweight match mate mob modifier mouthful movement navigator near duplicate nine object obverse offshoot oiler one and all opposite number out group out-group outfit pack package package deal parallel party peer group pendant perfect perfection phalanx phrase structure picture platoon posse possessee predicate purser qualifier quorum quota radio operator rank 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

Noun(1 words)

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9 relation types

More general

18 entries

adjunct balance construction count counterpart enzyme equilibrate equilibrise equilibrize expression grammatical construction hands manpower men opposite number vis-a-vis

Showing 16 of 18 words.

Related terms

10 entries

complementary complete compliment counterpart inversion invert negate negation supplement

derived

37 entries

anticomplement clausal complement complement membrane attack complex complement protein complement system complementable complemental complementarian complementer complementisation complementization complementize complementoid complementologist complementology complementopathy

Showing 16 of 37 words.

etymologically related_to

2 entries

complete compliment

has context

15 entries

astronomy biochemistry computing electronics genetics geometry grammar heraldry immunology logic mathematics music nautical optics set theory

is a

6 entries

adjunct construction count counterpart enzyme work force

manner of

1 entries

balance

part of

1 entries

immune response

related to

66 entries

absolute complement accessory adenine angle antibody bit blood color complementary complete completeness completing completion compliment consummation counterpart

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Translations

120 translations across 33 languages.

Arabic

1 entries

عُمْدَة noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Armenian

1 entries

լրացում noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Bulgarian

4 entries

добавка noun (something which complements)
допълнение noun (something which complements)
допълнение noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
допълвам verb (to complete)

Catalan

1 entries

complementar verb (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

相对补集 noun (set theory: relative complement)
绝对补集 noun (set theory: absolute complement)

Czech

3 entries

doplněk noun (set theory: relative complement)
doplněk noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
doplnit verb (to complete)

Dutch

4 entries

complement noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
aanvullen verb (to complete)
aanvullen verb (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides)
volmaken verb (to complete)

Esperanto

1 entries

komplemento noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Estonian

1 entries

täiendama verb (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides)

Finnish

4 entries

attribuutti noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
binäärikomplementti noun (bit with the opposite value to the given one)
kahden komplementti noun (radix complement of a number)
komplementti noun (angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle)

French

3 entries

complète noun (something which complements)
complémenter verb (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides)
compléter verb (to complete)

Galician

4 entries

complementaria noun (color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black)
complementario noun (interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave)
complemento noun (something which complements)
complemento noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

German

4 entries

Komplement noun (something which complements)
Komplement noun (the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set)
ergänzen verb (to complete)
komplementieren verb (to complete)

Greek

4 entries

συμπλήρωμα noun (something which complements)
συμπλήρωμα noun (set theory: absolute complement)
συμπλήρωμα noun (interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave)
συμπληρωματική γωνία noun (angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle)

Hebrew

1 entries

השלים verb (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides)

Hindi

1 entries

पूरक verb (to complete)

Hungarian

4 entries

alanykiegészítő noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
tárgykiegészítő noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
vonzat noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
állandó határozó noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Italian

4 entries

angolo complementare noun (angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle)
complemento noun (something which complements)
complemento assoluto noun (set theory: absolute complement)
completamento noun (something which complements)

Japanese

4 entries

差集合 noun (set theory: relative complement)
補文 noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
補語 noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
補部 noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Latin

1 entries

complementum noun (something which complements)

Malay

2 entries

komplemen noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
pelengkap noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Manx

1 entries

aachione noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Mongolian

1 entries

гүйцээвэр noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Māori

1 entries

kīnaki verb (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides)

Polish

2 entries

dopełnienie noun (set theory: relative complement)
dopełnienie noun (set theory: absolute complement)

Portuguese

3 entries

complemento noun (something which complements)
ângulo complementar noun (angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle)
completar verb (to complete)

Romanian

2 entries

complement noun (set theory: absolute complement)
complementară noun (set theory: absolute complement)

Russian

4 entries

доба́вка noun (something which complements)
дополне́ние noun (something which complements)
дополне́ние noun (set theory: absolute complement)
дополне́ние noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)

Spanish

4 entries

complemento noun (something which complements)
complemento noun (one of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response)
complementar verb (to complete)
complementar verb (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides)

Tagalog

2 entries

kapuno noun (angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle)
sihang kapuno noun (angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle)

Turkish

4 entries

tümleç noun (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object)
tamamlama verb (to complete)
tamamlamak verb (to complete)
tekmil verb (to complete)

Ukrainian

4 entries

добавка noun (something which complements)
доповнення noun (something which complements)
доповнення noun (set theory: absolute complement)
доповнення множин noun (set theory: relative complement)

Vietnamese

2 entries

phần bù tuyệt đối noun (set theory: absolute complement)
phần bù tương đối noun (set theory: relative complement)

Sample sentences

31 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In English, the usual sentence structure is Subject - Verb - Object/Complement.

Source: tatoeba (26309)

I hope you can join us at these very important July DCA meetings and complement your stay by exploring some of the many affordable charms of Tokyo.

Source: tatoeba (58560)

A complete intransitive verb takes neither complement nor object.

Source: tatoeba (328554)

There are two ways of using the infinitive as an adjective, 1. attributive, 2. predicative. Naturally 2. is a subject complement.

Source: tatoeba (328622)

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Complement

Synonyms for "complement" (290 found)

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Related words (145)

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has context

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