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Complement

  1. noun

    a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction

  2. noun

    a complete number or quantity

    “a full complement”

  3. noun

    number needed to make up a whole force

    “a full complement of workers”

    Similar: full complement

Word family

complementation · complemented · complementing

Do not confuse with

Compliment

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