Meaning of COMPLEMENT in English

Use in sentences of COMPLEMENT

Meaning of COMPLEMENT in English

• That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.
• Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• The whole working force of a vessel.
• The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• A compliment.
• To supply a lack; to supplement.
• To compliment.

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