ALL meanings of complementer
com·ple·ment
C c - noun complementer something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal. 1
- noun complementer the quantity or amount that completes anything: We now have a full complement of packers. 1
- noun complementer either of two parts or things needed to complete the whole; counterpart. 1
- noun complementer full quantity or amount; complete allowance. 1
- noun complementer the full number of officers and crew required on a ship. 1
- noun complementer Grammar. 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, as small in The house is small or president in They elected her president. Compare object complement, subject complement. any word or group of words used to complete a grammatical construction, especially in the predicate, including adverbials, as on the table in He put it on the table, infinitives, as to go in They are ready to go, and sometimes objects, as ball in He caught the ball. 1
- noun complementer Geometry. the quantity by which an angle or an arc falls short of 90° or a quarter of a circle. Compare supplement (def 4). 1
- noun complementer Also called absolute complement. Mathematics. the set of all the elements of a universal set not included in a given set. 1
- noun complementer Music. the interval that completes an octave when added to a given interval. 1
- noun complementer Immunology. a system in vertebrate blood of 12 or more proteins that react in a cascade to a cell displaying immune complexes or foreign surfaces, acting in various combinations to coat the cell and promote phagocytosis, make holes in the cell wall, or enhance the inflammatory response. any of the proteins in the complement system, designated C1, C2, etc. 1
- noun complementer complementary color. 1
- verb with object complementer to complete; form a complement to: This belt complements the dress better than that one. 1
- verb with object complementer Obsolete. to compliment. 1
- verb without object complementer Obsolete. to compliment. 1
- verb complementer (Transitive Verb) To complement. 0