verb / noun · academic
complement
UK/ˈkɒmplɪment/US/ˈkɑːmplɪment/COM·ple·ment
to add to something in a way that improves or completes it; something that completes or goes well with something
Examples
“The new software complements the older system rather than replacing it.”
“Her research is a perfect complement to the theoretical work already available.”
“The colours of the room complement each other nicely.”
Band 8 sentence
“The qualitative interviews complement the statistical analysis, providing nuance to the population trends revealed by the data.”
Collocations
- complement each other
- perfect complement
Word family
Common mistakes
compliment→complement
complement with→complement
Say it for a higher band
5add to→6supplement→7+complement
Synonyms
supplement
enhance
Easily confused
compliment
“She complimented him on his clear presentation.”
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