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Noun complement has 6 senses

complement - a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
--₁ is a kind of construction, grammatical construction, expression
complement - a complete number or quantity; "a full complement"
--₂ is a kind of count
complement, full complement - number needed to make up whole force; "a full complement of workers"
--₃ is a kind of work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men
--₃ has particulars: ship's company, company
complement - something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"
--₄ is a kind of increase, increment

Derived form: verb complement₁
complement - one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
--₅ is a kind of enzyme
--₅ is a part of immune response, immune reaction, immunologic response
complement - either of two parts that mutually complete each other
--₆ is a kind of counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis

Verb complement has 1 sense

complement - make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"
--₁ is one way to balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise

Derived form: noun complement₄
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something