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Number needed to make up whole force
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complement
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Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
In music theory , complement refers to either traditional interval complementation , or the aggregate complementation of twelve-tone and serialism . In interval complementation a complement is the interval which, when added to the original interval, spans ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Complement \Com"ple*ment\, n. [L. complementun: cf. F. compl['e]ment. See Complete , v. t., and cf. Compliment .] 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 ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context now rare English) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation. (from 14th c.) 2 (context obsolete English) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment. (15th-18th c.) 3 The ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1610s, "exchange courtesies," from complement (n.). Meaning "make complete" is from 1640s. Related: Complemented ; complementing .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction a complete number or quantity; "a full complement" number needed to make up whole force; "a full complement of workers" [syn: full complement ] something added to complete or make perfect; ...
Usage examples of complement.
And since the Bedlington was grayish-blue, it blended perfectly: a dog chosen to complement the ensemble.
She also found two pieces she knew Max would love: a Biedermeier games table with graceful swan supports and an Austrian neoclassical mantel clock, beautifully arched and columned, that perfectly complemented his collection.
The dress she wore had come straight out from a history text, lemon-yellow cotton printed with tiny white flowers, complemented by a wide belt and lace collar and cuffs.
There was also a short ginger-coloured waistcoat to go with it, which complemented its square cut neck.
Not the ideal position for the commander, but one that complemented the Barghast role of warchief.
Cass blushed her pleasure before Jack, waving the groom to one side, helped her up into her phaeton, which, picked out in blue and silver as it was, complemented her toilette--or was it the other way round?
Just as she knew the apricot color of her designer silk gown complemented her auburn hair perfectly.
The dark maroon carpet complemented the walnut wainscot and the stark white walls.
She flashed her most charming smile at Beranis, and he laughed, then complemented Keoch on his choice of a bride.
Her lips, rouged in a brownish red that complemented the burnished tone of her hair, spread in an appreciative smile.
Each bore an elaborately coifed wig complemented by a fabulous face created from the plethora of jars and pots and tubes and brushes that blanketed the rest of the tabletop.
So now it was the medical teams being ferried down from orbit, civilian volunteers complementing entire mobile military hospitals.
Even more awesome was the spectacle that Juraviel witnessed when he glanced back down to his human companions and saw the harmony of their movements, Pony and Nightbird complementing each other with absolute perfection.
Setisia read over the notes, and politely suggested one or two corrections, while complementing the clerk on his ability to write down so much with such speed and in such detail.
Five because in the Justiciate the status of the higher-status one of any pair of complements was the status of the pair, and the Supreme Commander of the Guard of the Person was at the very top of Status Five.