"complement" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɒmpləmənt/ [UK], /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-complement.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-complement.wav [US] Forms: complements [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English complement, from Latin complementum (“that which fills up or completes”), from compleō (“I fill up, I complete”) (English complete). Doublet of compliment. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|complement}} Middle English complement, {{der|en|la|complementum||that which fills up or completes}} Latin complementum (“that which fills up or completes”), {{m|la|compleo|compleō|I fill up, I complete}} compleō (“I fill up, I complete”), {{m|en|complete}} complete, {{doublet|en|compliment}} Doublet of compliment Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} complement (countable and uncountable, plural complements)
  1. The totality, the full amount or number which completes something. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-ZnX3B1oJ
  2. (nautical) The whole working force of a vessel. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Nautical
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-P0mJF2GL Topics: nautical, transport
  3. (astronomy, geometry) An angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Astronomy, Geometry Translations (angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle): komplementti (Finnish), συμπληρωματική γωνία (sympliromatikí gonía) [feminine] (Greek), angolo complementare (Italian), ângulo complementar [masculine] (Portuguese), дополне́ние до прямо́го угла́ (dopolnénije do prjamóvo uglá) [neuter] (Russian), kapuno (Tagalog), sihang kapuno (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-j71wOtek Topics: astronomy, geometry, mathematics, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle': 0 1 34 1 1 11 7 10 2 2 7 7 2 2 2 7 1 3 0 1 0 0
  4. Something which completes, something which combines with something else to make up a complete whole; loosely, something perceived to be a harmonious or desirable partner or addition. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-pol1aubl
  5. (grammar, linguistics) 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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics Translations (word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object): عُمْدَة (ʕumda) [feminine] (Arabic), լրացում (lracʿum) (Armenian), допълнение (dopǎlnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), doplněk [masculine] (Czech), complement [neuter] (Dutch), komplemento (Esperanto), määre (Finnish), attribuutti (Finnish), predikatiivi (note: completing the predicate but not being the object) (Finnish), alanykiegészítő (note: for the subject) (Hungarian), tárgykiegészítő (note: for the object) (Hungarian), vonzat (Hungarian), állandó határozó (Hungarian), 補部 (hobu) (alt: ほぶ) (Japanese), 補語 (hogo) (english: word) (alt: ほご) (Japanese), 補文 (hobun) (note: clause) (alt: ほぶん) (Japanese), aachione [masculine] (Manx), гүйцээвэр (güjceever) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), дополне́ние (dopolnénije) [neuter] (Russian), tümleç (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-en:subject Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object': 1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1
  6. (music) An interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Music Translations (interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave): συμπλήρωμα (symplíroma) [neuter] (Greek)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-LlSsxqoY Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave': 0 0 10 1 1 30 10 8 2 2 8 9 2 2 2 8 1 3 0 1 0 0
  7. (optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Optics Translations (color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black): komplementtiväri (Finnish), täydennysväri (Finnish), vastaväri (Finnish), συμπληρωματικό χρώμα (sympliromatikó chróma) [neuter] (Greek), дополни́тельный цвет (dopolnítelʹnyj cvet) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-BvAHJ2Kq Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, optics, physical-sciences, physics Disambiguation of 'color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black': 0 1 9 1 0 14 26 10 1 1 10 12 1 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0
  8. (set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement). Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Set theory Translations (set theory: absolute complement): 绝对补集 (juéduì bǔ jí) (Chinese Mandarin), komplementti (Finnish), συμπλήρωμα (symplíroma) [neuter] (Greek), insieme complemento [masculine] (Italian), complemento assoluto [masculine] (Italian), 補集合 (hoshūgō) (alt: ほしゅうごう) (Japanese), dopełnienie [neuter] (Polish), complementară [feminine] (Romanian), complement [neuter] (Romanian), дополне́ние (dopolnénije) [neuter] (Russian), доповнення (dopovnennja) (Ukrainian), phần bù tuyệt đối (Vietnamese) Translations (set theory: relative complement): 相对补集 (xiāngduì bǔ jí) (Chinese Mandarin), doplněk [masculine] (Czech), σχετικό συμπλήρωμα (schetikó symplíroma) [neuter] (Greek), insieme complemento [masculine] (Italian), insieme differenza [masculine] (Italian), 差集合 (sashūgō) (alt: さしゅうごう) (Japanese), dopełnienie [neuter] (Polish), ра́зность мно́жеств (ráznostʹ mnóžestv) [feminine] (Russian), доповнення множин (dopovnennja množyn) (Ukrainian), phần bù tương đối (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-~uEycyJD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 1 5 1 2 6 2 8 5 5 6 5 6 6 7 4 4 9 0 2 0 1 7 5 0 1 Topics: mathematics, sciences, set-theory Disambiguation of 'set theory: absolute complement': 0 1 6 2 2 7 2 20 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 10 0 2 0 1 Disambiguation of 'set theory: relative complement': 0 1 6 2 2 7 2 22 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 9 0 2 0 1
  9. (immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Immunology Translations (one of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response): komplementti (Finnish), комплеме́нт (komplemént) [masculine] (Russian), complemento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-QnFF2Qa1 Topics: immunology, medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'one of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response': 0 1 3 1 1 3 1 5 49 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 5 0 1 1 0
  10. (logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Logic Translations (expression which is true when the other is false, and vice versa): komplementti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-en:logic Topics: human-sciences, logic, mathematics, philosophy, sciences Disambiguation of 'expression which is true when the other is false, and vice versa': 0 1 3 1 2 4 5 4 3 28 4 5 4 4 4 18 3 5 0 1 0 1
  11. (electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Electronics
  12. (computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing Translations (bit with the opposite value to the given one): komplementti (Finnish), binäärikomplementti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-uN0oB19o Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'bit with the opposite value to the given one': 0 0 8 1 1 10 10 9 1 1 15 29 1 1 1 9 1 1 0 0 1 0
  13. (computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Mathematics Translations (diminished radix complement of a number): yhden komplementti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-1cZrjpuJ Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'diminished radix complement of a number': 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 5 3 3 3 5 31 16 7 3 3 5 0 1 0 1
  14. (computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Mathematics Translations (radix complement of a number): kahden komplementti (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-9pg~~5NT Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'radix complement of a number': 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 5 3 3 3 6 17 28 9 3 3 6 0 1 0 0
  15. (computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Computing, Mathematics Translations (numeric complement of a number): vastaluku (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-wd8MX8ye Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'numeric complement of a number': 1 1 4 1 1 3 3 5 3 3 4 8 8 9 31 3 4 5 0 2 0 0
  16. (genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Genetics Translations (nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence): после́довательность комплемента́рных основа́ний (poslédovatelʹnostʹ komplementárnyx osnovánij) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-5HgeGHfq Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence': 0 1 8 1 1 10 10 9 1 2 9 10 2 2 2 27 1 3 0 1 0 0
  17. (biochemistry) Synonym of alexin Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biochemistry Synonyms: alexin [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-OnD1w5nb Topics: biochemistry, biology, chemistry, microbiology, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  18. (economics) Abbreviation of complementary good. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: complementary good Categories (topical): Economics
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-q~nL7qoU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 1 5 1 2 6 2 8 5 5 6 5 6 6 7 4 4 9 0 2 0 1 7 5 0 1 Topics: economics, science, sciences
  19. (now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation. Tags: archaic, countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-Laai-C4a
  20. (obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-GeCn4IRy
  21. (obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-o7CxuRX0
  22. Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-complement-en-noun-QvsHBi~-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: complementary, complete, counterpart, compliment Translations (something which complements): допълнение (dopǎlnenie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), добавка (dobavka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), täydennys (Finnish), complète (French), συμπλήρωμα (symplíroma) [neuter] (Greek), completamento [masculine] (Italian), complemento [masculine] (Italian), complementum [neuter] (Latin), complemento [masculine] (Portuguese), дополне́ние (dopolnénije) [neuter] (Russian), доба́вка (dobávka) [feminine] (Russian), complemento (Spanish), доповнення (dopovnennja) (Ukrainian), добавка (dobavka) (Ukrainian)

Verb

IPA: /ˈkɒmpləmənt/ [UK], /ˈkɑmpləmənt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-complement.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-complement.wav [US] Forms: complements [present, singular, third-person], complementing [participle, present], complemented [participle, past], complemented [past]
Etymology: From Middle English complement, from Latin complementum (“that which fills up or completes”), from compleō (“I fill up, I complete”) (English complete). Doublet of compliment. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|complement}} Middle English complement, {{der|en|la|complementum||that which fills up or completes}} Latin complementum (“that which fills up or completes”), {{m|la|compleo|compleō|I fill up, I complete}} compleō (“I fill up, I complete”), {{m|en|complete}} complete, {{doublet|en|compliment}} Doublet of compliment Head templates: {{en-verb}} complement (third-person singular simple present complements, present participle complementing, simple past and past participle complemented)
  1. To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole. Translations (to complete): допълвам (dopǎlvam) (Bulgarian), doplnit (Czech), aanvullen (Dutch), volmaken (Dutch), compléter (French), ergänzen (German), komplementieren (German), συμπληρώνω (sympliróno) (Greek), पूरक (pūrak) (Hindi), completare (Italian), completar (Portuguese), дополня́ть (dopolnjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), допо́лнить (dopólnitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), complementar (Spanish), completar (Spanish), tamamlama (Turkish), tamamlamak (Turkish), tekmil (Turkish), tekmil etmek (Turkish), доповнювати (dopovnjuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-verb--07mb-9d Disambiguation of 'to complete': 100 0 0 0
  2. To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole. Translations (to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides): допълвам (dopǎlvam) (Bulgarian), complementar (Catalan), aanvullen (Dutch), täiendama (Estonian), täydentää (Finnish), complémenter (French), αλληλοσυμπληρώνω (allilosympliróno) (Greek), השלים (hishlím) (Hebrew), kīnaki (Maori), complementar (Spanish), complementarse (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-complement-en-verb-B9Bfb5m1 Disambiguation of 'to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides': 12 87 0 2
  3. To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement.
    Sense id: en-complement-en-verb-gi9i2t59
  4. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of compliment Tags: alt-of, alternative, obsolete Alternative form of: compliment
    Sense id: en-complement-en-verb-OFICgotA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: compliment, inversion, invert, negate, negation, supplement

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "Some 11 members of Somerton council's complement of 15 stepped down on Tuesday.",
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "_dis1": "0 1 34 1 1 11 7 10 2 2 7 7 2 2 2 7 1 3 0 1 0 0",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dopolnénije do prjamóvo uglá",
          "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дополне́ние до прямо́го угла́"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 34 1 1 11 7 10 2 2 7 7 2 2 2 7 1 3 0 1 0 0",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
          "word": "kapuno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 34 1 1 11 7 10 2 2 7 7 2 2 2 7 1 3 0 1 0 0",
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          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
          "word": "sihang kapuno"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1854, James Stephen, On Desultory and Systematic Reading",
          "text": "History is the complement of poetry.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1962 October, Brian Haresnape, “Focus on B.R. passenger stations”, in Modern Railways, page 255",
          "text": "It would be too much to imagine that improving stations will alone create a much needed new image in the public eye; a smartly turned out station staff is a very necessary complement to a smart station.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009 December 13, The Guardian",
          "text": "London's Kings Place, now one year old, established itself as a venue for imaginative programming, a complement to the evergreen Wigmore Hall.",
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        }
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      ]
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          "name": "Grammar",
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            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
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            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
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            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        {
          "ref": "1988, Andrew Radford, chapter 7, in Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 340",
          "text": "Why has our grammar broken down at this point? It is not difficult to see why. For, we have failed to make any provision for the fact that only some Verbs in English (i.e. Verbs like those italicized in (5) (a), traditionally called Transitive Verbs) subcategorize ( = ‘takeʼ) an immediately following NP Complement, whereas others (such as those italicised in (5) (b), traditionally referred to as Intransitive Verbs) do not.",
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        }
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      ],
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          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
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          "tags": [
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          "roman": "lracʿum",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "լրացում"
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          "roman": "dopǎlnenie",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "допълнение"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "doplněk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "complement"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "komplemento"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "määre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "attribuutti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "note": "completing the predicate but not being the object",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "predikatiivi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
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          "note": "for the subject",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "alanykiegészítő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
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          "note": "for the object",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "tárgykiegészítő"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "(more broadly",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "note": "grammatically required argument, actant) kötelező bővítmény",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object"
        },
        {
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "állandó határozó"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "alt": "ほぶ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hobu",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "補部"
        },
        {
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          "alt": "ほご",
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          "english": "word",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hogo",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "補語"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "alt": "ほぶん",
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "note": "clause",
          "roman": "hobun",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "補文"
        },
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          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "güjceever",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "гүйцээвэр"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dopolnénije",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дополне́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 4 2 28 4 4 5 3 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 4 5 1 4 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
          "word": "tümleç"
        }
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
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            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
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            "Fundamental"
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      "glosses": [
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      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 10 1 1 30 10 8 2 2 8 9 2 2 2 8 1 3 0 1 0 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symplíroma",
          "sense": "interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "συμπλήρωμα"
        }
      ]
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Optics",
          "orig": "en:Optics",
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            "Physics",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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        {
          "text": "The complement of blue is orange.",
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        }
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        "The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light)."
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        ]
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        "(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "optics",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 9 1 0 14 26 10 1 1 10 12 1 0 0 11 0 1 0 0 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
          "word": "komplementtiväri"
        },
        {
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
          "word": "täydennysväri"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "sympliromatikó chróma",
          "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "συμπληρωματικό χρώμα"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dopolnítelʹnyj cvet",
          "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "дополни́тельный цвет"
        }
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          "orig": "en:Set theory",
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            "Formal sciences",
            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "text": "The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement)."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 6 2 2 7 2 22 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 9 0 2 0 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiāngduì bǔ jí",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "word": "相对补集"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 6 2 2 7 2 22 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 9 0 2 0 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "doplněk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 6 2 2 7 2 22 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 9 0 2 0 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "schetikó symplíroma",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σχετικό συμπλήρωμα"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "tags": [
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        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "insieme differenza"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 6 2 2 7 2 22 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 9 0 2 0 1",
          "alt": "さしゅうごう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "sashūgō",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "word": "差集合"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "dopełnienie"
        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ráznostʹ mnóžestv",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "ра́зность мно́жеств"
        },
        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dopovnennja množyn",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "word": "доповнення множин"
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        {
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
          "word": "phần bù tương đối"
        },
        {
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "juéduì bǔ jí",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
          "word": "绝对补集"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 1 6 2 2 7 2 20 5 6 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 10 0 2 0 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
          "word": "komplementti"
        },
        {
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "symplíroma",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "συμπλήρωμα"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
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          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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        },
        {
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          "alt": "ほしゅうごう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hoshūgō",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
          "word": "補集合"
        },
        {
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
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          ],
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        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
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        },
        {
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "dopolnénije",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "дополне́ние"
        },
        {
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "dopovnennja",
          "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
          "word": "доповнення"
        },
        {
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      "sense": "something which complements",
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      "roman": "dopolnénije",
      "sense": "something which complements",
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        "neuter"
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      "word": "дополне́ние"
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      "sense": "something which complements",
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      "word": "доба́вка"
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        "(obsolete) Alternative spelling of compliment"
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      "word": "complement membrane attack complex"
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      "word": "complement protein"
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Optics"
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        {
          "text": "The complement of blue is orange.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light)."
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          "color",
          "color"
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        "(optics) The color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black (for mixing pigments) or white (for mixing light)."
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
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        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
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      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Set theory"
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        {
          "text": "The complement of the odd numbers is the even numbers, relative to the natural numbers.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement)."
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        [
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          "set theory"
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          "set",
          "set"
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          "relative complement",
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          "absolute complement",
          "absolute complement"
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        "(set theory) Given two sets, the set containing one set's elements that are not members of the other set (whether a relative complement or an absolute complement)."
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences",
        "set-theory"
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Immunology"
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      "glosses": [
        "One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response."
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        [
          "immunology",
          "immunology"
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          "blood",
          "blood"
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        [
          "protein",
          "protein"
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          "antibodies",
          "antibody"
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          "immune response",
          "immune response"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(immunology) One of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response."
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
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      "topics": [
        "immunology",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Logic"
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      "glosses": [
        "An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa."
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      "links": [
        [
          "logic",
          "logic"
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          "expression",
          "expression"
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          "true",
          "true"
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          "false",
          "false"
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        "(logic) An expression related to some other expression such that it is true under the same conditions that make other false, and vice versa."
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      "senseid": [
        "en:logic"
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
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        "human-sciences",
        "logic",
        "mathematics",
        "philosophy",
        "sciences"
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    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Electronics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one."
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      "links": [
        [
          "electronics",
          "electronics"
        ],
        [
          "voltage",
          "voltage"
        ],
        [
          "logical",
          "logical"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(electronics) A voltage level with the opposite logical sense to the given one."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "electrical-engineering",
        "electricity",
        "electromagnetism",
        "electronics",
        "energy",
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "physics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "logical complement",
          "logical complement"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing) A bit with the opposite value to the given one; the logical complement of a number."
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The complement of 01100101#x5F;2 is 10011010#x5F;2.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "diminished radix complement",
          "diminished radix complement"
        ],
        [
          "nines' complement",
          "nines' complement"
        ],
        [
          "ones' complement",
          "ones' complement"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, mathematics) The diminished radix complement of a number; the nines' complement of a decimal number; the ones' complement of a binary number."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The complement of 01100101#x5F;2 is 10011011#x5F;2.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "radix complement",
          "radix complement"
        ],
        [
          "two's complement",
          "two's complement"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, mathematics) The radix complement of a number; the two's complement of a binary number."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Computing",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The complement of −123 is 123.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The numeric complement of a number."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
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        [
          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
        ],
        [
          "numeric complement",
          "numeric complement"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(computing, mathematics) The numeric complement of a number."
      ],
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Genetics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "A DNA molecule is formed from two strands, each of which is the complement of the other.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa."
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        [
          "genetics",
          "genetics"
        ],
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          "nucleotide",
          "nucleotide"
        ],
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          "adenine",
          "adenine"
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        [
          "thymine",
          "thymine"
        ],
        [
          "uracil",
          "uracil"
        ],
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          "cytosine",
          "cytosine"
        ],
        [
          "guanine",
          "guanine"
        ]
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        "(genetics) A nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence: adenine (A) by thymine (T) or uracil (U), cytosine (C) by guanine (G), and vice versa."
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        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biology",
        "genetics",
        "medicine",
        "natural-sciences",
        "sciences"
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      "categories": [
        "en:Biochemistry"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of alexin"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "biochemistry",
          "biochemistry"
        ],
        [
          "alexin",
          "alexin#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(biochemistry) Synonym of alexin"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
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          "word": "alexin"
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "biochemistry",
        "biology",
        "chemistry",
        "microbiology",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "complementary good"
        }
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        "English abbreviations",
        "en:Economics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Abbreviation of complementary good."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "economics",
          "economics"
        ],
        [
          "complementary good",
          "complementary good#English"
        ]
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(economics) Abbreviation of complementary good."
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        "abbreviation",
        "alt-of",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "economics",
        "science",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with rare senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
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          "consummation",
          "consummation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(now rare) Something (or someone) that completes; the consummation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "completing",
          "completing"
        ],
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
        ],
        [
          "completion",
          "completion"
        ],
        [
          "completeness",
          "completeness"
        ],
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          "fulfilment",
          "fulfilment"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The act of completing something, or the fact of being complete; completion, completeness, fulfilment."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1591, Edmund Spenser, The Teares of the Muses [The Tears of the Muses]: Polyhymnia",
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          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory."
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      "links": [
        [
          "accessory",
          "accessory"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Something which completes one's equipment, dress etc.; an accessory."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "obsolete",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "Obsolete spelling or misspelling of compliment."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compliment",
          "compliment"
        ]
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      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒmpləmənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑmpləmənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "compliment (in some dialects)"
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
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      "text": "Audio (US)"
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dopǎlnenie",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "допълнение"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dobavka",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "добавка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "word": "täydennys"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "word": "complète"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symplíroma",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συμπλήρωμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "completamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "complemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "complementum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "complemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dopolnénije",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дополне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dobávka",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "доба́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "word": "complemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dopovnennja",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "word": "доповнення"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dobavka",
      "sense": "something which complements",
      "word": "добавка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
      "word": "komplementti"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sympliromatikí gonía",
      "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "συμπληρωματική γωνία"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
      "word": "angolo complementare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ângulo complementar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dopolnénije do prjamóvo uglá",
      "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дополне́ние до прямо́го угла́"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
      "word": "kapuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "angle which, together with a given angle, makes a right angle",
      "word": "sihang kapuno"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāngduì bǔ jí",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "word": "相对补集"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doplněk"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "schetikó symplíroma",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "σχετικό συμπλήρωμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "insieme complemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "insieme differenza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "さしゅうごう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "sashūgō",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "word": "差集合"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dopełnienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ráznostʹ mnóžestv",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́зность мно́жеств"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dopovnennja množyn",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "word": "доповнення множин"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "set theory: relative complement",
      "word": "phần bù tương đối"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "juéduì bǔ jí",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "word": "绝对补集"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "word": "komplementti"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symplíroma",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συμπλήρωμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "insieme complemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "complemento assoluto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほしゅうごう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hoshūgō",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "word": "補集合"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "dopełnienie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "complementară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "complement"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dopolnénije",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дополне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dopovnennja",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "word": "доповнення"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "set theory: absolute complement",
      "word": "phần bù tuyệt đối"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "expression which is true when the other is false, and vice versa",
      "word": "komplementti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕumda",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "عُمْدَة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "lracʿum",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "լրացում"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dopǎlnenie",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "допълнение"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "doplněk"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "complement"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "komplemento"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "määre"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "attribuutti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "note": "completing the predicate but not being the object",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "predikatiivi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "for the subject",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "alanykiegészítő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "for the object",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "tárgykiegészítő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "(more broadly",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "grammatically required argument, actant) kötelező bővítmény",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "vonzat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "állandó határozó"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほぶ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hobu",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "補部"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほご",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "word",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hogo",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "補語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほぶん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "note": "clause",
      "roman": "hobun",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "補文"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aachione"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "güjceever",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "гүйцээвэр"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dopolnénije",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дополне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word or group of words completing the predicate, identified with the subject or object",
      "word": "tümleç"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bit with the opposite value to the given one",
      "word": "komplementti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "bit with the opposite value to the given one",
      "word": "binäärikomplementti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "diminished radix complement of a number",
      "word": "yhden komplementti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "radix complement of a number",
      "word": "kahden komplementti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "numeric complement of a number",
      "word": "vastaluku"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "symplíroma",
      "sense": "interval which, together with the given interval, makes an octave",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συμπλήρωμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
      "word": "komplementtiväri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
      "word": "täydennysväri"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
      "word": "vastaväri"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sympliromatikó chróma",
      "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "συμπληρωματικό χρώμα"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dopolnítelʹnyj cvet",
      "sense": "color which, when mixed with the given color, gives black",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дополни́тельный цвет"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poslédovatelʹnostʹ komplementárnyx osnovánij",
      "sense": "nucleotide sequence in which each base is replaced by the complementary base of the given sequence",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "после́довательность комплемента́рных основа́ний"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response",
      "word": "komplementti"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komplemént",
      "sense": "one of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "комплеме́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one of several blood proteins that work with antibodies during an immune response",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "complemento"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "complement",
    "complement (linguistics)"
  ],
  "word": "complement"
}

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    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English doublets",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs"
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "complement"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English complement",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "complementum",
        "4": "",
        "5": "that which fills up or completes"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin complementum (“that which fills up or completes”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "compleo",
        "3": "compleō",
        "4": "I fill up, I complete"
      },
      "expansion": "compleō (“I fill up, I complete”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "complete"
      },
      "expansion": "complete",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "compliment"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of compliment",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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      "form": "complements",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "complementing",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "complemented",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "complemented",
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        "past"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "word": "inversion"
    },
    {
      "word": "invert"
    },
    {
      "word": "negate"
    },
    {
      "word": "negation"
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      "word": "supplement"
    }
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        "English terms with usage examples"
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        {
          "text": "We believe your addition will complement the team.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
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        "To complete, to bring to perfection, to make whole."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "complete",
          "complete"
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        [
          "perfection",
          "perfection"
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        [
          "whole",
          "whole"
        ]
      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "The flavors of the pepper and garlic complement each other, giving a very rich taste in combination.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "I believe our talents really complement each other.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides, thus forming part of a whole."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "partner",
          "partner"
        ],
        [
          "lack",
          "lack"
        ],
        [
          "provide",
          "provide"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To change a voltage, number, color, etc. to its complement."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "voltage",
          "voltage"
        ],
        [
          "number",
          "number"
        ],
        [
          "color",
          "color"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "word": "compliment"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative spelling of compliment"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "compliment",
          "compliment#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Alternative spelling of compliment"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɒmpləmənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkɑmpləmənt/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "compliment (in some dialects)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Southern-England"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (Southern England)"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/ca/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-complement.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Wodencafe-complement.wav.mp3",
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dopǎlvam",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "допълвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "doplnit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "aanvullen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "volmaken"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "compléter"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "ergänzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "komplementieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sympliróno",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "συμπληρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "pūrak",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "पूरक"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "completare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "completar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dopolnjátʹ",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "дополня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dopólnitʹ",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "допо́лнить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "complementar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "completar"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "tamamlama"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "tamamlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "tekmil"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "tekmil etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dopovnjuvaty",
      "sense": "to complete",
      "word": "доповнювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dopǎlvam",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "допълвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "complementar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "aanvullen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "täiendama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "täydentää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "complémenter"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "allilosympliróno",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "αλληλοσυμπληρώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hishlím",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "השלים"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "kīnaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "complementar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to provide what the partner lacks and lack what the partner provides",
      "word": "complementarse"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "complement",
    "complement (linguistics)"
  ],
  "word": "complement"
}

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