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Meaning of complementary antonym | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A term whose meaning is the complement of another term, in an either-or fashion, such as mortal in relation to immortal.
  2. One of a pair of words wherein affirmative use of one entails the negative of the other with no gradability.

Equivalents

Suomi komplementaarinen vastakohta
한국어 보완적 반의어

Examples

“Complementary (also called contradictory) antonyms are those for which the assertion of one entails the negation of the other and vice versa, as in (17). a. That integer is even. → That integer is not odd. b. That integer is not odd. → That integer is even.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

complementary color complementary colour complementary distribution complementary DNA complementary function complementary good

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