Complement and Like

complement

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.

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

A similar kind.
- usage: "dogs, foxes, and the like, "we don't want the likes of you around here"
- synonyms: the like, the likes of
A kind of person.
- usage: "We'll not see his like again"; "I can't tolerate people of his ilk"
- synonyms: ilk

Prefer or wish to do something.
- usage: "Do you care to try this dish"; "Would you like to come along to the movies"
- synonyms: wish, care
Find enjoyable or agreeable.
- usage: "I like jogging"; "She likes to read Russian novels"
Be fond of.
- usage: "I like my nephews"
Feel about or towards; consider, evaluate, or regard.
- usage: "How did you like the President's speech last night"
Want to have.
- usage: "I'd like a beer now"

Resembling or similar; having the same or some of the same characteristics; often used in combination.
- usage: "suits of like design"; "a limited circle of like minds"; "members of the cat family have like dispositions"; "as like as two peas in a pod"; "doglike devotion"; "a dreamlike quality"
- synonyms: similar
Equal in amount or value.
- usage: "like amounts"; "equivalent amounts"; "the same amount"; "gave one six blows and the other a like number"; "the same number"
- synonyms: same
Having the same or similar characteristics.
- usage: "all politicians are alike"; "they looked utterly alike"; "friends are generally alike in background and taste"
- synonyms: alike, similar
Conforming in every respect.
- usage: "boxes with corresponding dimensions"; "the like period of the preceding year"
- synonyms: comparable, corresponding

(n.) A liking; a preference; inclination; -- usually in pl.; as, we all have likes and dislikes.
(superl.) Equal or nearly equal; as, fields of like extent.
(a.) In a like or similar manner.
(v.i.) To come near; to avoid with difficulty; to escape narrowly; as, he liked to have been too late. Cf. Had like, under Like, a.
(a.) In a manner like that of; in a manner similar to; as, do not act like him.
(a.) To liken; to compare.
(superl.) Having the same or nearly the same, appearance, qualities or characteristics; resembling; similar to; similar; alike; -- often with in and the particulars of the resemblance; as, they are like each other in features, complexion, and many traits of character.
(a.) To suit; to please; to be agreeable to.
(v.i.) To have an appearance or expression; to look; to seem to be (in a specified condition).
(a.) Likely; probably.
(superl.) Having probability; affording probability; probable; likely.
(a.) To be pleased with in a moderate degree; to approve; to take satisfaction in; to enjoy.
(n.) That which is equal or similar to another; the counterpart; an exact resemblance; a copy.
(superl.) Inclined toward; disposed to; as, to feel like taking a walk.
(v.i.) To be pleased; to choose.
(n.) The stroke which equalizes the number of strokes played by the opposing player or side; as, to play the like.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary