complement
noun
something that completes or makes perfect.
complements
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pluralof complement.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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present tense formof complement (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
complementnounsomething that completes or makes perfect.
Example Sentences
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Gibney sporadically complements his archival materials and many interviews with the metaphoric imagery of player-one gaming: toggling between identities, first-person shooter modes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026
"This complements changes that we carried out to our immigration hall recently to help improve the flow of arriving passengers through the area."
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
JPMorgan said the humanoids can be complements rather than substitutes for human labor.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Its more mobile footprint in the Philippines complements the U.S. presence in Japan, where America has permanent bases that host tens of thousands of troops.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Most verbs that take subjectless complements, such as try in Alice tried to calm down, are governed by an ironclad rule that forces the overt subject to be identical to the missing subject.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
