complemented
SayKOM-pluh-muhnt-idUS/ˈkɑmpləməntɪd/UK/ˈkɒmpləməntɪd/
- 1Simple past and past participle of complement. Use this form when one thing already completed or improved another in the past.
The fresh bread complemented the warm bowl of soup.
Her bright scarf complemented the dark blue dress.
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- 2Changed into the opposite pattern, with each part swapped for its matching partner.
Like a photo negative, where every light part turns dark and every dark part turns light.
In the complemented number, every 0 becomes a 1 and every 1 becomes a 0.
The student wrote out the complemented strand of DNA, putting T wherever the original had A.
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complemented is a form of complement
complement, verb: To go well with something by adding what it is missing. Full entry
- Forms
- complementcomplements he/she/itcomplementing -ing formcomplemented past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- complement → complemented: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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