| complement | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. complement | a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction. |
| ~ grammatical construction, construction, expression | a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit.; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner" |
| n. (quantity) | 2. complement | a complete number or quantity.; "a full complement" |
| ~ count | the total number counted.; "a blood count" |
| n. (group) | 3. complement, full complement | number needed to make up a whole force.; "a full complement of workers" |
| ~ manpower, men, work force, workforce, hands | the force of workers available. |
| ~ ship's company, company | crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship. |
| n. (attribute) | 4. accompaniment, complement | something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish" |
| ~ adjunct | something added to another thing but not an essential part of it. |
| n. (substance) | 5. complement | one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response. |
| ~ immune reaction, immune response, immunologic response | a bodily defense reaction that recognizes an invading substance (an antigen: such as a virus or fungus or bacteria or transplanted organ) and produces antibodies specific against that antigen. |
| ~ enzyme | any of several complex proteins that are produced by cells and act as catalysts in specific biochemical reactions. |
| n. (cognition) | 6. complement | either of two parts that mutually complete each other. |
| ~ counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis | a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another. |
| v. (change) | 7. complement | make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup" |
| ~ balance, equilibrise, equilibrize, equilibrate | bring into balance or equilibrium.; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights" |
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