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# complementary

«complementary» in Mova's school dictionary: **Going well together and making each other better or complete** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (complementary)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Going well together and making each other better or complete. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#m1)

2) (maths) Complementary angles add up to 90 degrees. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#m2)

3) (art) Complementary colours are opposite each other on the colour wheel, like red and green. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#m3)

4) Complementary medicine is treatment used alongside normal medicine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In maths lessons, if one angle is 30°, its complementary angle is 60°. In art, complementary colours make each other stand out. In everyday life, two friends with complementary skills make a good team.

### examples

- Angles of 40° and 50° are complementary. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#x1)
- Blue and orange are complementary colours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#x2)
- Their skills are complementary: one draws, one writes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#x3)
- Find the complementary angle to 25°. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#x4)
- Complementary colours look bright side by side. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#x5)
- Salt and pepper are complementary flavours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/#x6)

### note

Trap: «complementary» (completing) is different from «complimentary» (praising, or free of charge). In maths, complementary angles add to 90°; supplementary angles add to 180°.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «complementary» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complementary/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.