Complement and Group

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

• Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit.
  • synonyms: grouping
• Chemistry) two or more atoms bound together as a single unit and forming part of a molecule.
  • synonyms: radical, chemical group
• A set that is closed, associative, has an identity element and every element has an inverse.
  • synonyms: mathematical group

verb

• Arrange into a group or groups.
  • usage: "Can you group these shapes together"
• Form a group or group together.
  • synonyms: aggroup

• (n.) A variously limited assemblage of animals or plants, having some resemblance or common characteristics in form or structure. The term has different uses, and may be made to include certain species of a genus or a whole genus or certain genera or even several orders.
• (n.) A number of eighth, sixteenth, etc., notes joined at the stems; -- sometimes rather indefinitely applied to any ornament made up of a few short notes.
• (n.) A cluster, crowd or throng; an assemblage, either of persons or things, collected without any regular form or arrangement; as, a group of men or of trees; a group of isles.
• (n.) To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of.
• (n.) An assemblage of objects in a certain order or relation or having some resemblance or common characteristic; as, groups of strata.

GROUP is a number of individual companies assembled together; often having some unifying relationship.

(DoD) A flexible administrative and tactical unit composed of either two or more battalions or two or more squadrons. The term also applies to combat support and combat service support units.
(DoD) A long-standing functional organization that is formed to support a broad function within a joint force commander's headquarters. Also called GP.
(DoD) A number of ships and/or aircraft, normally a subdivision of a force, assigned for a specific purpose.