āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
complement
/kËÉmplÉĒmÉnt/
to complement
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āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ, āĻ¸ā§āĻļā§āĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to add something that enhances or improves the quality or appearance of someone or something
Transitive: to complement sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
A well-chosen background music can complement the atmosphere of a social event.
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻā§āĻ°āĻžāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĄ āĻŽāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻļā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ āĻāĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦā§āĻļāĻā§ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
Complement
01
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ, āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŖāĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ
a word or phrase that completes the meaning of a grammatical expression
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The verb become requires a complement to finish its meaning.
āĻā§āĻ°āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž become āĻāĻ° āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻĨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ, āĻ¸āĻā§āĻā§
something that completes, enhances, or perfects another thing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Her scarf provided a colorful complement to the outfit.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĢāĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻļāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻāĻŋāĻ¨ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻŦāĻ°āĻžāĻš āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻā§āĻ°ā§, āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ
the number of people required to make a group or crew complete
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The department reached its normal staff complement last week.
āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻ¤ āĻ¸āĻĒā§āĻ¤āĻžāĻšā§ āĻ¤āĻžāĻ° āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ āĻ
āĻ°ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ°āĻŋāĻ
a complete set or amount of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He owns a complete complement of tools for the job.
āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻ¸āĻ°āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŽā§āĻ° āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖ āĻ¸ā§āĻ āĻŽāĻžāĻ˛āĻŋāĻāĨ¤
05
āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ, āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇ
one of two things that together form a whole or make each other complete
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The two colors act as visual complements on the canvas.
āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻ°āĻ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨āĻāĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻˇā§āĻˇ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
06
āĻāĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ, āĻāĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸āĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻā§āĻŽ
any of a group of proteins in blood serum that assist the immune system in destroying pathogens
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Low complement levels can indicate autoimmune disease.
āĻāĻŽ āĻāĻŽāĻĒā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻ¤āĻ° āĻ
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