Complement and Part

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

• Something determined in relation to something that includes it.
  • usage: "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton"
  • synonyms: portion, component part, component, constituent
• Something less than the whole of a human artifact.
  • usage: "the rear part of the house"; "glue the two parts together"
  • synonyms: portion
• A portion of a natural object.
  • usage: "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
  • synonyms: piece
• That which concerns a person with regard to a particular role or situation.
  • usage: "it requires vigilance on our part"; "they resisted every effort on his part"
• The extended spatial location of something.
  • usage: "the farming regions of France"; "religions in all parts of the world"; "regions of outer space"
  • synonyms: region
• The actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group.
  • usage: "the function of a teacher"; "the government must do its part"; "play its role"
  • synonyms: function, office, role
• An actor's portrayal of someone in a play.
  • usage: "she played the part of Desdemona"
  • synonyms: character, role, theatrical role, persona
• Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group.
  • usage: "he wanted his share in cash"
  • synonyms: share, portion, percentage
• One of the portions into which something is regarded as divided and which together constitute a whole.
  • usage: "the written part of the exam"; "the finance section of the company"; "the BBC's engineering division"
  • synonyms: section, division
• A line of scalp that can be seen when sections of hair are combed in opposite directions.
  • usage: "his part was right in the middle"
  • synonyms: parting
• The melody carried by a particular voice or instrument in polyphonic music.
  • usage: "he tried to sing the tenor part"
  • synonyms: voice
• The part played by a person in bringing about a result.
  • usage: "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"
  • synonyms: contribution, share

verb

• Go one's own way; move apart.
  • usage: "The friends separated after the party"
  • synonyms: separate, split
• Discontinue an association or relation; go different ways.
  • usage: "The business partners broke over a tax question"; "The couple separated after 25 years of marriage"; "My friend and I split up"
  • synonyms: separate, split up, split, break, break up
• Leave.
  • usage: "The family took off for Florida"
  • synonyms: depart, start, start out, set forth, set off, set out, take off
• Come apart.
  • usage: "The two pieces that we had glued separated"
  • synonyms: separate, divide
• Force, take, or pull apart.
  • usage: "He separated the fighting children"; "Moses parted the Red Sea"
  • synonyms: separate, disunite, divide

adverb

• In part; in some degree; not wholly.
  • usage: "I felt partly to blame"; "He was partially paralyzed"
  • synonyms: partially, partly

• (n.) A constituent portion of a living or spiritual whole; a member; an organ; an essential element.
• (v.i.) To be broken or divided into parts or pieces; to break; to become separated; to go asunder; as, rope parts; his hair parts in the middle.
• (n.) One of the opposing parties or sides in a conflict or a controversy; a faction.
• (v.i.) To perform an act of parting; to relinquish a connection of any kind; -- followed by with or from.
• (adv.) Partly; in a measure.
• (n.) To divide; to separate into distinct parts; to break into two or more parts or pieces; to sever.
• (n.) Such portion of any quantity, as when taken a certain number of times, will exactly make that quantity; as, 3 is a part of 12; -- the opposite of multiple. Also, a line or other element of a geometrical figure.
• (n.) To separate by a process of extraction, elimination or secretion; as, to part gold from silver.
• (n.) A constituent of character or capacity; quality; faculty; talent; -- usually in the plural with a collective sense.
• (n.) That which belongs to one or which is assumed by one or which falls to one, in a division or apportionment; share; portion; lot; interest; concern; duty; office.
• (n.) An equal constituent portion; one of several or many like quantities, numbers, etc., into which anything is divided or of which it is composed; proportional division or ingredient.
• (n.) Hence: To hold apart; to stand between; to intervene betwixt, as combatants.
• (n.) A particular character in a drama or a play; an assumed personification; also, the language, actions, and influence of a character or an actor in a play; or, figuratively, in real life. See To act a part, under Act.
• (n.) To divide into shares; to divide and distribute; to allot; to apportion; to share.
• (n.) To separate or disunite; to cause to go apart; to remove from contact or contiguity; to sunder.
• (v.i.) To go away; to depart; to take leave; to quit each other; hence, to die; -- often with from.
• (n.) To leave; to quit.
• (n.) One of the different melodies of a concerted composition, which heard in union compose its harmony; also, the music for each voice or instrument; as, the treble, tenor or bass part; the violin part, etc.
• (n.) One of the portions, equal or unequal, into which anything is divided or regarded as divided; something less than a whole; a number, quantity, mass or the like, regarded as going to make up, with others, a larger number, quantity, mass, etc., whether actually separate or not; a piece; a fragment; a fraction; a division; a member; a constituent.
• (v.i.) To have a part or share; to partake.
• (n.) Quarter; region; district; -- usually in the plural.