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/ˈkɒmpləmənt/ · noun
The totality, the full amount or number which completes something..
Queequeg sought a passage to Christian lands. But the ship, having her full complement of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence could prevail.
Some 11 members of Somerton council's complement of 15 stepped down on Tuesday.
History is the complement of poetry.
It would be too much to imagine that improving stations will alone create a much needed new image in the public eye; a smartly turned out station staff is a very necessary complement to a smart station.
London's Kings Place, now one year old, established itself as a venue for imaginative programming, a complement to the evergreen Wigmore Hall.
Why has our grammar broken down at this point? It is not difficult to see why. For, we have failed to make any provision for the fact that only some Verbs in English (i.e. Verbs like those italicized in (5) (a), traditionally called Transitive Verbs) subcategorize ( = ‘takeʼ) an immediately following NP Complement, whereas others (such as those italicised in (5) (b), traditionally referred to as Intransitive Verbs) do not.
The complement of blue is orange.
The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.
Use complement when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Complement means The totality, the full amount or number which completes something..
Common synonyms include alexin, full complement.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Queequeg sought a passage to Christian lands. But the ship, having her full complement of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence could prevail.
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