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| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : kom-pluh-men-tuh-ree, -tree |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒm pləˈmɛn tə ri, -tri |
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Définition of complementary
Origin :- 1620s, "ceremonious," from complement + -ary. Sense "forming a complement" attested from 1829, earliest in complementary colors.
- adj filling, completing
- 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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