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complementary Definition

com·ple·men·tary (käm′plə mentə rē)

adjective

  1. acting as a complement; completing
  2. making up what is lacking in one another

complementary Synonyms

complementary

modif.

  1. Forming a complement

    integral, equivalent, corresponding, reciprocal, parallel, mutual, correlative, correspondent, interrelated, interconnected, interdependent, companion, completing; see also equal.

  2. Matched

    paired, mated, corresponding; see alike 2, matched.

complementary Usage Examples

Preposition: in

nature: The firm offers a broad range of expertise because these areas are so often complementary in nature.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • provide: Obviously we didn't know whether the FBU would provide a service complementary to that.
  • include: ACCEPTABLE USES WILL INCLUDE COMMERCIAL USES COMPLEMENTARY TO BUT NOT APPROPRIATE WITHIN THE CORE TOWN CENTER RETAIL LOCATION.

Modifies a noun

  • therapy: Complementary therapy can do much to remove the current fear of death.
  • medicine: I am also involved in teaching of research in complementary medicine.
  • therapist: A regular session with a complementary therapist offers a whole multitude of benefits.
  • strand: For instance, scientists at the Naval Research Lab have measured the force between two complementary strands of DNA.
  • practitioner: By contrast, complementary practitioners promise help without side effects.
  • clinic: Heather Simpson runs behavioral and complementary therapy clinics at The Natural Animal Center in Sussex.

Modifying Another Word

  • mutually: Integrating of teams into the project Our Network includes the seven experienced teams, with mutually complementary skills and research tasks.
  • highly: This part of the framework would also be a valuable and highly complementary asset to RSF.
  • essentially: While discovery and choice compete as the basis of identity, knowledge and choice are essentially complementary to each other.
  • entirely: PIPPIN activities do not replace conventional Parentcraft classes, they are entirely complementary.
  • potentially: We argue that these are fundamentally different, and potentially complementary, language facilities.
  • truly: The apogee was without doubt Cole Porter's classic ' Night And Day ' , in which their voices found truly complementary expression.

Used with adjective complement

  • consider: Qualitative research approaches are considered as complementary to, and not in competition with, quantitative approaches.
  • see: Hence the two articles should be seen as complementary.
  • become: The alliance sees Accurate's solution become complementary to ADP Wilco's Tarot and Gloss offerings.
  • remain: Over the next decade, it is expected that B2C e-commerce will grow considerably, but will nevertheless remain complementary to traditional commerce.
  • require: This requires complementary Emergency Response Modules to be designed which can identify and develop such sources rapidly.