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complement

/ˈkɒmpləmənt/

An illustration for complement

noun1 of 2

something needed to complete or make perfect

  • “You should complement your nutrition with vitamins.”Tatoeba
  • “I think that we complement each other.”Tatoeba

Sentences from Tatoeba show real usage. A word can have several meanings, so a sentence may use another one.

verb2 of 2

To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.

Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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