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Grammar : Adj
Spell : kom-pluh-men-tuh-ree, -tree
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri



Definition of complementary

Origin :
  • 1620s, "ceremonious," from complement + -ary. Sense "forming a complement" attested from 1829, earliest in complementary colors.
  • adj filling, completing
Example sentences :
  • The scientific mind and the religious spirit are complementary.
  • Extract from : « The Mistakes of Jesus » by William Floyd
  • The complementary story is told of the mandrake in mediæval Europe.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Dragon » by G. Elliot Smith
  • Actually, the relations of transmission and encounter are complementary.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • Here we see an area in which the role of the family and the role of the school are complementary.
  • Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
  • But there was a complementary historical truth on the other side.
  • Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton
  • At the same time they are, in regard to reproduction, complementary.
  • Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
  • And so the two things are not contradictory but complementary.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren
  • In every system we know of, variety and precision are complementary.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • Now we must show that intelligence and instinct also are opposite and complementary.
  • Extract from : « Creative Evolution » by Henri Bergson
  • There is no trust without, complementary to it, self-distrust.
  • Extract from : « Expositions of Holy Scripture » by Alexander Maclaren

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