complement
verb
/ˈkɑmpləmənt/
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/ˈkɒmpləmənt/
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- To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole.
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aanvullen,
volmaken
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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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aanvullen
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complement
noun
/ˈkɑmpləmənt/
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/ˈkɒmpləmənt/
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- (grammar, linguistics) A word or group of words that completes a grammatical construction in the predicate and that describes or is identified with the subject or object. [from 19th c.]
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complement
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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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complementeerder
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