"complimentary" meaning in English

See complimentary in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌkɑmplɪˈmɛnt(ə)ɹi/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-complimentary.ogg Forms: more complimentary [comparative], most complimentary [superlative]
enPR: kŏm'plĭ-mĕnʹtə-rē [General-American], -trē [General-American] Rhymes: -ɛntəɹi, -ɛntɹi Etymology: From compliment (noun) + -ary. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|compliment<pos:noun>|ary}} compliment (noun) + -ary Head templates: {{en-adj}} complimentary (comparative more complimentary, superlative most complimentary)
  1. In the nature of a compliment. Translations (in the nature of a compliment): vleiende (Afrikaans), osagarriak (Basque), хвалебствен (hvalebstven) (Bulgarian), ласкателен (laskatelen) (Bulgarian), гратис (gratis) (Bulgarian), безплатен (bezplaten) (Bulgarian), 赞美的 (Chinese Mandarin), 免费赠送的 (Chinese Mandarin), vleiend [masculine] (Dutch), kohtelias (Finnish), imarteleva (Finnish), ilmainen (Finnish), vapaa- (Finnish), flatteur (French), laudatif (French), gratuit (French), lisonjeiro [masculine] (Galician), schmeichelnd (German), bauchpinselnd (German), kostenlos (German), gratis (German), κολακευτικός (kolakeftikós) [masculine] (Greek), bókoló (Hungarian), dicsérő (Hungarian), elismerő (Hungarian), hízelgő (Hungarian), tisztelet- (Hungarian), ajándék [attributive] (Hungarian), ingyenes (Hungarian), 아첨하는 (acheomhaneun) (Korean), glaimojošs [masculine] (Latvian), nieodpłatny (Polish), darmowy (Polish), lisonjeiro (Portuguese), laudativ (Romanian), măgulitor (Romanian), gratuit (Romanian), ле́стный (léstnyj) (Russian), беспла́тный (besplátnyj) (Russian), lisonjero (Spanish), komplimentär (Swedish), komplimenterande (Swedish), kostnadsfri (Swedish), nakakabigay-puri (Tagalog), bedava (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-complimentary-en-adj-ffPDVbXa Disambiguation of 'in the nature of a compliment': 98 1 1
  2. Free; provided at no charge. Synonyms: free of charge, gratis
    Sense id: en-complimentary-en-adj-BhDL-NJX
  3. With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional. Translations (with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional): поздравителен (pozdravitelen) (Bulgarian), 问候的 (Chinese Mandarin), záró (Hungarian), elköszönő (Hungarian), levélzárás (note: together with "closing") (Hungarian), levélzáradék (Hungarian), de felicitare (Romanian), mültefit (Turkish), iltifatkâr (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-complimentary-en-adj-qdqv75c6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ary, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Afrikaans translations, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tagalog translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 5 87 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ary: 13 12 75 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 3 91 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 5 11 84 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 8 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Afrikaans translations: 20 14 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 14 8 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 9 72 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 10 6 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 12 8 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 11 10 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 17 11 72 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 21 10 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 23 12 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 23 12 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 19 14 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 10 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 5 85 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 6 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Tagalog translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of 'with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: complimentarily, complimentariness, noncomplimentary, overcomplimentary

Alternative forms

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          "text": "complimentary drinks",
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          "text": "In the evenings, Ward and PJ offer guests a complimentary drink. This gesture seems to reinforce the hosts' desire to make everyone feel welcome.",
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          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
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          "roman": "pozdravitelen",
          "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
          "word": "поздравителен"
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          "note": "together with \"closing\"",
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
          "word": "de felicitare"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
          "word": "mültefit"
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 98",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
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    "Terms with Latvian translations",
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      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "vleiende"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "osagarriak"
    },
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      "roman": "hvalebstven",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "хвалебствен"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "laskatelen",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "ласкателен"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "赞美的"
    },
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      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "vleiend"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "kohtelias"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "imarteleva"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "flatteur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "laudatif"
    },
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      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lisonjeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "schmeichelnd"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "bauchpinselnd"
    },
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      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κολακευτικός"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "bókoló"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "dicsérő"
    },
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "elismerő"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "hízelgő"
    },
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      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "acheomhaneun",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "아첨하는"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "glaimojošs"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "lisonjeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "laudativ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "măgulitor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "léstnyj",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "ле́стный"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "lisonjero"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "komplimentär"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "komplimenterande"
    },
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      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "nakakabigay-puri"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "gratis",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "гратис"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezplaten",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "безплатен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "免费赠送的"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "ilmainen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "vapaa-"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "gratuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "kostenlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "gratis"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "tisztelet-"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "tags": [
        "attributive"
      ],
      "word": "ajándék"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "ingyenes"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "nieodpłatny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "darmowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "gratuit"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "besplátnyj",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "беспла́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "kostnadsfri"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "in the nature of a compliment",
      "word": "bedava"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "pozdravitelen",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "поздравителен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "问候的"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "záró"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "elköszönő"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "together with \"closing\"",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "levélzárás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "levélzáradék"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "de felicitare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "mültefit"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "with respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional",
      "word": "iltifatkâr"
    }
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}

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