Complement and Conclude

noun

• A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction.
• A complete number or quantity.
  • usage: "a full complement"
• Number needed to make up a whole force.
  • usage: "a full complement of workers"
  • synonyms: full complement
• Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect.
  • usage: "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; "wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish"
  • synonyms: accompaniment
• One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response.
• Either of two parts that mutually complete each other.

verb

• Make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to.
  • usage: "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

• (v.t.) To supply a lack; to supplement.
• (v.t.) The whole working force of a vessel.
• (v.t.) Something added for ornamentation; an accessory.
• (v.t.) To compliment.
• (v.t.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make it equal to a third given quantity.
• (v.t.) A compliment.
• (v.t.) Full quantity, number or amount; a complete set; completeness.
• (v.t.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.
• (v.t.) That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.
• (v.t.) That which is required to supply a deficiency or to complete a symmetrical whole.

verb

• Decide by reasoning; draw or come to a conclusion.
  • usage: "We reasoned that it was cheaper to rent than to buy a house"
  • synonyms: reason, reason out
• Bring to a close.
  • usage: "The committee concluded the meeting"
• Reach a conclusion after a discussion or deliberation.
  • synonyms: resolve
• Come to a close.
  • usage: "The concert closed with a nocturne by Chopin"
  • synonyms: close
• Reach agreement on.
  • usage: "They concluded an economic agreement"; "We concluded a cease-fire"

• (v.t.) To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain.
• (v.t.) To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.
• (v.i.) To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.
• (v.t.) To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.
• (v.t.) To shut up; to inclose.
• (v.t.) To bring to an end; to close; to finish.
• (v.i.) To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.
• (v.t.) To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace.
• (v.t.) To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.