complement
verb
/ˈkɑmpləmənt/
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/ˈkɒmpləmənt/
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- To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole.
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complementar,
complementarse
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- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
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complementar,
completar
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complement
noun
/ˈkɑmpləmənt/
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/ˈkɒmpləmənt/
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- Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. [from 19th c.]
- (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response. [from 20th c.]
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complemento
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complementizer
noun
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- (linguistics) A subordinating conjunction that can convert a clause into a complement clause, i.e. one that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object.
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complementante,
complementizador
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