complement
Definition
- n. a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
- n. a complete number or quantity
- n. number needed to make up a whole force
- n. something added to complete or embellish or make perfect
Word forms
- Past participle
- complemented
- Third person singular
- complements
- Present participle
- complementing
- Past tense
- complemented
Example sentences
n.
The salad was a perfect complement to the grilled chicken.
vt.
She added a few more details to complement her presentation.
n.
In computer science, the complement is used to represent negative numbers.