complement meaning
EN
[ˈkɒmpləmənt] [ˈkɑːmpləmənt] WComplement
- In many different fields, the complement of X is something that together with X makes a complete whole—something that supplies what X lacks.
- Complement may refer to:
- Complement (linguistics), a word or phrase having a particular syntactic role
- Phonetic complement
- Complementary, a type of opposite in lexical semantics (sometimes called an antonym)
- Complement (music), an interval that when added to another spans an octave
- Aggregate complementation (music), the separation of pitch-class collections into complementary sets
FR complément 
- NounPLcomplementsPREcom-SUF-ement
- (now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
- OBS The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment.
- The totality, the full amount or number which completes something.
- OBS Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory.
- (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel.
- (heraldry) Fullness (of the moon).
- (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle.
- 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.
- (grammar) 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.
- (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave.
- (optics) 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.
- (set theory) 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.
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response.
- (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa.
- (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one.
- (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number.
- (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number.
- The complement of is .
- (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number.
- The complement of is .
- (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number.
- The complement of −123 is 123.
- (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa.
- A DNA molecule is formed from two strands, each of which is the complement of the other.
- Obsolete spelling of compliment.
- (now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation.
- VerbSGcomplementsPRcomplementingPT, PPcomplemented
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- We believe your addition will complement the team.
- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides.
- The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination.
- I believe our talents really complement each other.
- To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
- Obsolete form of compliment.
- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- The result: a dish that features polenta cut into triangles and delicately complemented by sweet, diced prunes and a marsala sauce.
- But this rush to chocolatize anything edible hurts the psyche of bona-fide chocolate lovers who know that chocolate's true mission is not to complement other foods but to be the focus.
- In the sentence "That house seems haunted!", 'that house' is the subject and 'haunted' is the subject complement (in this case an adjective).
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- In the sentence "That is a flying car!", 'that' is the subject and 'flying car' is the subject complement.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of complement in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Nouns
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "complement" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.