Complement

Definition

complement /'kɒmplÇmǝnt/ n ၁။ ~ (to sth) အျဖည့္။ အဖက္။ Rice makes an excellent complement to a curry dish. ၂။ အျပည့္။ အစံုအလင္။ We've taken on our full complement of new trainees for this year. ❍ the ship's complement (ie all the officers and other sailors). ၃။ ( grammar ) ဝါစကတြင္ ႀကိယာမွအပ က်န္အစိတ္အပိုင္း။ In the sentence ‘I'm angry,’ ‘angry’ is a complement. /'kɒmplÇment/ v ျဖည့္စြက္သည္။ ျပည့္စံုေစသည္။ His business skill complements her flair for design. ❍ Use herbs that complement each other. Compare COMPLIMENT ❏ complementary /kɒmplÇ'mentri/ adj ~ (to sth) အစပ္တည့္ေသာ။ လိုက္ဖက္ေသာ။ complementary colours and patterns ❍ They have complementary personalities (ie Each has qualities which the other lacks). ❍ Successful policies had to be complementary to sound environmental practice. ❏ complementary angle n ေထာင့္မွန္ျဖည့္ဖက္ေထာင့္။ ❏ complementary medicine n [U] ( esp Brit ) = ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE

Examples

1. The plants are chosen to complement each other.
2. A simple sweater that was perfectly complemented by elegant jewellery
3. This project is intended to complement
4. not replace
5. local authority programmes.