Comprehensive and Complement

noun

• An intensive examination testing a student's proficiency in some special field of knowledge.
  • usage: "she took her comps in English literature"
  • synonyms: comprehensive examination, comp

adjective

• Including all or everything.
  • usage: "comprehensive coverage"; "a comprehensive history of the revolution"; "a comprehensive survey"; "a comprehensive education"
• Broad in scope.
  • usage: "a comprehensive survey of world affairs"

• (a.) Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.
• (a.) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups.
• (a.) Having the power to comprehend or understand many things.

This part of an auto insurance policy covers damages to your car caused by something other than a crash. A vandal breaks in, a tree falls on it or floodwaters engulf it. A deductible amount will apply.

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.