Timeline for usage of "complement"
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| Jun 19, 2020 at 11:43 | comment | added | Weather Vane | ... and in the answer, that is a distinct mathematical term. | |
| Jun 19, 2020 at 11:42 | vote | accept | RobertH | ||
| Jun 19, 2020 at 11:38 | comment | added | Weather Vane | There are several distinct meanings for complement (and although it looks similar to the word 'complete' is different). Lexico's meaning 1 is about your scarf example. Meaning 2 is about the reporters. In the scarf example, there was nothing missing, and in your headphones example below, they don't complement the laptop, they are an extra. | |
| Jun 19, 2020 at 10:59 | comment | added | Michael Harvey | A complement does not supply something "missing", it supplies something extra. | |
| Jun 19, 2020 at 10:48 | answer | added | Prime Mover | timeline score: 1 | |
| Jun 19, 2020 at 10:42 | history | edited | RobertH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jun 19, 2020 at 10:24 | history | asked | RobertH | CC BY-SA 4.0 |