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complement

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10 lettersPronunciation /ˈkɒmpləmənt/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ceelmmnoptStarts with CEnds with T1 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to

Word origin

From Middle English complement, from Latin complēmentum (“that which fills up or completes”), from compleō (“to fill up; to complete”) (English complete). Doublet of compliment. The verb is from the noun.

Used in a sentence

  • Queequeg sought a passage to Christian lands. But the ship, having her full complement of seamen, spurned his suit; and not all the King his father's influence could prevail.
  • Some 11 members of Somerton council's complement of 15 stepped down on Tuesday.
  • History is the complement of poetry.

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