All English words - page 1097

Meanings of Complaints:

noun

A statement that something is unsatisfactory or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

I intend to make an official complaint

Meanings of Complaisance:

noun

Willingness to please others by being polite and fitting in with their plans

Meanings of Complaisant:

adjective

Willing to please others or to accept what they do or say without protest.

Usage examples:

There are too many complaisant doctors signing sick notes

Meanings of Compleat:

adjective

(often used for emphasis) to the greatest extent or degree; total.

Usage examples:

A complete ban on smoking

Meanings of Complected:

adjective

Having a specified complexion.

Usage examples:

The lighter-complected invaders from the north

Meanings of Complement:

noun

A thing that contributes extra features to something else in such a way as to improve or emphasize its quality.

Usage examples:

Local ales provide the perfect complement to fine food

verb

Contribute extra features to (someone or something) in such a way as to improve or emphasize their qualities.

Usage examples:

A classic blazer complements a look that's smart or casual

Meanings of Complementarity:

noun

A relationship or situation in which two or more different things improve or emphasize each other's qualities.

Usage examples:

A culture based on the complementarity of men and women

Meanings of Complementary:

adjective

Combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize the qualities of each other or another.

Usage examples:

They had different but complementary skills

Meanings of Complementation:

noun

The action of complementing something.

Usage examples:

Sometimes, marriages of politicians are contracted with this regional complementation in mind.

Meanings of Complemented:

verb

Contribute extra features to (someone or something) in such a way as to improve or emphasize their qualities.

Usage examples:

A classic blazer complements a look that's smart or casual

noun

A thing that contributes extra features to something else in such a way as to improve or emphasize its quality.

Usage examples:

Local ales provide the perfect complement to fine food

Meanings of Complementing:

verb

Contribute extra features to (someone or something) in such a way as to improve or emphasize their qualities.

Usage examples:

A classic blazer complements a look that's smart or casual

noun

A thing that contributes extra features to something else in such a way as to improve or emphasize its quality.

Usage examples:

Local ales provide the perfect complement to fine food

Meanings of Complementizer:

noun

A word or morpheme that marks an embedded clause as functioning as a complement, typically a subordinating conjunction or infinitival to.

Usage examples:

The subordinator that introduces a complement clause is sometimes known as a complementizer: for ex…

Meanings of Complements:

noun

A thing that contributes extra features to something else in such a way as to improve or emphasize its quality.

Usage examples:

Local ales provide the perfect complement to fine food

verb

Contribute extra features to (someone or something) in such a way as to improve or emphasize their qualities.

Usage examples:

A classic blazer complements a look that's smart or casual

Meanings of Complete:

adjective

Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

A complete list of courses offered by the university

verb

Finish making or doing.

Usage examples:

He completed his phd in 1993

Meanings of Completed:

verb

Finish making or doing.

Usage examples:

He completed his phd in 1993

adjective

Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

A complete list of courses offered by the university

Meanings of Completely:

adverb

Totally; utterly.

Usage examples:

The fire completely destroyed the building

Meanings of Completeness:

noun

The state or condition of having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

The completeness of the records

Meanings of Completer:

adjective

Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

A complete list of courses offered by the university

Meanings of Completes:

verb

Finish making or doing.

Usage examples:

He completed his phd in 1993

adjective

Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

A complete list of courses offered by the university

Meanings of Completest:

adjective

Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

A complete list of courses offered by the university

verb

Finish making or doing.

Usage examples:

He completed his phd in 1993

Meanings of Completing:

verb

Finish making or doing.

Usage examples:

He completed his phd in 1993

adjective

Having all the necessary or appropriate parts.

Usage examples:

A complete list of courses offered by the university

Meanings of Completion:

noun

The action or process of completing or finishing something.

Usage examples:

Funds for the completion of the new building

Meanings of Completions:

noun

The action or process of completing or finishing something.

Usage examples:

Funds for the completion of the new building

Meanings of Completive:

noun

A word or morpheme which adds a sense of completeness to a word or phrase (e.g. in the phrase break up, up is a completive).

Usage examples:

Particles are added, usually as completives and intensives, to two and three-syllable verbs of lati…

Meanings of Complex:

adjective

Consisting of many different and connected parts.

Usage examples:

A complex network of water channels

noun

A group or system of different things that are linked in a close or complicated way; a network.

Usage examples:

A complex of mountain roads

verb

Make (an atom or compound) form a complex with another.

Usage examples:

The dna was complexed with the nuclear extract