Complement and Connection

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.

noun

• A relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it. )
  • usage: "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare"
  • synonyms: connexion, connectedness
• The state of being connected.
  • usage: "the connection between church and state is inescapable"
  • synonyms: link, connectedness
• An instrumentality that connects.
  • usage: "he soldered the connection"; "he didn't have the right connector between the amplifier and the speakers"
  • synonyms: connexion, connector, connecter, connective
• Usually plural. ( a person who is influential and to whom you are connected in some way (as by family or friendship))
  • usage: "he has powerful connections"
• The process of bringing ideas or events together in memory or imagination.
  • usage: "conditioning is a form of learning by association"
  • synonyms: association, connexion
• A connecting shape.
  • synonyms: connexion, link
• A supplier (especially of narcotics. )
• Shifting from one form of transportation to another.
  • usage: "the plane was late and he missed his connection in Atlanta"
  • synonyms: connexion
• The act of bringing two things into contact (especially for communication. )
  • usage: "the joining of hands around the table"; "there was a connection via the internet"
  • synonyms: joining, connexion

• (n.) The act of connecting or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.
• (n.) The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.
• (n.) A relation; especially a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.
• (n.) That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.