Complement and Formation

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

• An arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.
  • usage: "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"
• The act of fabricating something in a particular shape.
  • synonyms: shaping
• The act of forming or establishing something.
  • usage: "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"
  • synonyms: constitution, establishment, organization, organisation
• Geology) the geological features of the earth.
  • synonyms: geological formation
• A particular spatial arrangement.
• Natural process that causes something to form.
  • usage: "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"
• Creation by mental activity.
  • usage: "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"

• (n.) The act of giving form or shape to anything; a forming; a shaping.
• (n.) The manner in which a thing is formed; structure; construction; conformation; form; as, the peculiar formation of the heart.
• (n.) The arrangement of a body of troops, as in a square, column, etc.
• (n.) A substance formed or deposited.
• (n.) Mineral deposits and rock masses designated with reference to their origin; as, the siliceous formation about geysers; alluvial formations; marine formations.
• (n.) A group of beds of the same age or period; as, the Eocene formation.

(DoD, NATO) An ordered arrangement of two or more ships, units, or aircraft proceeding together under a commander.
(DoD, NATO) An ordered arrangement of troops and/or vehicles for a specific purpose.