Complement and Insert

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 folded section placed between the leaves of another publication.
• An artifact that is inserted or is to be inserted.
  • synonyms: inset
• Broadcasting) a local announcement inserted into a network program.
  • synonyms: cut-in
• Film) a still picture that is introduced and that interrupts the action of a film.
  • synonyms: cut-in

verb

• Put or introduce into something.
  • usage: "insert a picture into the text"
  • synonyms: infix, enter, introduce
• Introduce.
  • usage: "Insert your ticket here"
  • synonyms: enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
• Fit snugly into.
  • usage: "insert your ticket into the slot"; "tuck your shirttail in"
  • synonyms: tuck
• Insert casually.
  • usage: "She slipped in a reference to her own work"
  • synonyms: slip in, stick in, sneak in

(v.t.) To set within something; to put or thrust in; to introduce; to cause to enter or be included or contained; as, to insert a scion in a stock; to insert a letter, word or passage in a composition; to insert an advertisement in a newspaper.