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complementary

Pronunciation: [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntəri]

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Learn how to use complementary in a sentence: 6 audio examples across 2 meanings.

Context: “similarity”

(adjective) when two things work well together because they are different but still help each other. Like peanut butter and jelly; they taste great together but are different from each other.

Example

The colors in the painting are complementary, making it look bright and cheerful.

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The ideas presented were not complementary; they clashed and confused everyone.

Example

Can you think of any complementary flavors that taste great together?

Context: “mathematics”

(adjective) describing two angles that add up to make a right angle. If you have one angle that is 30 degrees, its complementary angle is 60 degrees.

Example

In a right triangle, the two non-right angles are always complementary.

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The angles I measured were not complementary since they did not add up to 90 degrees.

Example

What are the complementary angles of a 45-degree angle?

How to pronounce complementary

Pronunciation: [ˌkɒmplɪˈmɛntəri]

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