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'complementary' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'complementary' with 2 example sentences.


complementary adjective

: of words or propositions so related that each is the negation of the other

: acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)

complementary noun

: either one of two chromatic colors that when mixed together give white (in the case of lights) or grey (in the case of pigments)


  • The Yin and the Yang are complementary rather than opposite forces.
  • Television and newspapers play complementary roles.
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