complementary — com‧ple‧men‧ta‧ry [ˌkɒmplˈmentri◂ ǁ ˌkɑːm ] adjective MARKETING sold or used with other products: • complementary goods, for example videocassettes and videorecorders * * * complementary UK US /ˌkɒmplɪˈmentəri/ adjective ► different but useful… … Financial and business terms
Complementary — Com ple*men ta*ry, a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. [1913 Webster] {Complementary colors}. See under {Color}. {Complementary angles} (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90[deg]. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
complementary — 1620s, ceremonious, from COMPLEMENT (Cf. complement) + ARY (Cf. ary). Sense forming a complement attested from 1829, earliest in complementary colors … Etymology dictionary
complementary — ► ADJECTIVE 1) combining so as to form a complete whole or to enhance each other. 2) relating to complementary medicine … English terms dictionary
Complementary — Com ple*men ta*ry, n. [See {Complimentary}.] One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] B. Jonson. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
complementary — index cognate, concordant, concurrent (united), convertible, correlative, mutual (reciprocal) … Law dictionary
complementary — complementary, complemental *reciprocal, correlative, corresponding, convertible Analogous words: complementing, supplementing (see corresponding verbs under COMPLEMENT n): completing, finishing (see CLOSE vb): related, associated (see JOIN)… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
complementary — [adj] filling, completing commutual, complemental, completing, completory, conclusive, correlative, correspondent, corresponding, crowning, equivalent, fellow, integral, integrative, interconnected, interdependent, interrelated, interrelating,… … New thesaurus
complementary — [käm΄pləmen′təlkäm΄plə men′tə rē] adj. 1. acting as a complement; completing 2. making up what is lacking in one another: Also complemental [käm΄pləmen′təl] … English World dictionary
complementary — [[t]kɒ̱mplɪme̱ntri[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n, also v link ADJ to n Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination. [FORMAL] To improve the quality of life through work, two complementary strategies are necessary...… … English dictionary
complementary — com|ple|men|ta|ry [ˌkɔmplıˈmentəri US ˌka:m ] adj 1.) complementary things go well together, although they are usually different ▪ The computer and the human mind have different but complementary abilities. 2.) technical complementary colours of… … Dictionary of contemporary English
