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How to pronounce “complementary

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Pronunciation guide for complementary

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of complementary with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Crafting a Patterned Homethose are complementary colors.
Definition summary
Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.

Example 1 of 8

How to pronounce complementary

Crafting a Patterned Home

those are complementary colors.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “complementary

Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
  • (genetics) Of the specific pairings of the bases in DNA and RNA.
  • (physics) Pertaining to pairs of properties in quantum mechanics that are inversely related to each other, such as speed and position, or energy and time. (See also Heisenberg uncertainty principle.)
  • [Noun]
  • A complementary colour.
  • (obsolete) One skilled in compliments.
  • An angle which adds with another to equal 90 degrees.

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