Noun | 1. | complement - a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction |
2. | complement - a complete number or quantity; "a full complement" | |
3. | complement - number needed to make up whole force; "a full complement of workers" Synonyms: full complement | |
4. | complement - something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner" | |
5. | complement - one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response | |
6. | complement - either of two parts that mutually complete each other | |
Verb | 1. | complement - make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup" |
(logic) | complement - The other value or values in the set of possible
values. See logical complement, bitwise complement, set complement. |