complementary

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/ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/

adj 3noun 3

Collocations

(adj.)

VERBS

ADV

essentially

mutually

The two designs work mutually complementary to create a stronger final product.

PREP

The yoga classes are complementary to the gym membership, so members can attend both.

Definitions

adj

Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

I'll provide you with some complementary notes to help you study.

The two business partners had complementary abilities: one had excellent people skills, while the other had a head for figures.

Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.

Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)

noun

A complementary colour.

One skilled in compliments.

the hands of the most skilful and cunning complementaries alive

An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — acting as or providing a complement (something that complete

complemental
completing

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

I'll provide you with some complementary notes to help you study.

Wiktionary

The two business partners had complementary abilities: one had excellent people skills, while the other had a head for figures.

Wiktionary

Using the terminology we introduced earlier, we might then say that black and white squares are in complementary distribution on a chessboard. By this we mean two things: firstly, black squares and wh

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the hands of the most skilful and cunning complementaries alive

Wiktionary

It is likely that these two consonants are in complementary distribution.

Tatoeba · #61404

The important point concerning the complementary distribution is to specify the environment where the individual sounds occur.

Tatoeba · #274154

Usage Notes

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In some senses, complementary is marked as obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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