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Meanings of full complement in English

Number needed to make up a whole force.

Synonyms
Examples for "complement"
Examples for "complement"
1
They involve economic, political and development activities that complement the military activity.
The Guardian
2
The two countries' economies, military capabilities and even demographics complement each other.
Reuters
3
However, less is known about the role of complement during normal aging.
Pubmed
4
It's a really entrepreneurial culture to complement the research culture, she says.
The Guardian
5
This might complement future efforts to standardize MDR1 detection methods using RT-PCR.
Pubmed
Usage of full complement in English
1
The vessel was manned with a full complement of British underwater sailors.
The Boy Allies Under the Sea; Or, The Vanishing Submarines
2
In numbers, I hear, we are twenty-two short of our full complement.
In the Ranks of the C.I.V.
3
Everton were always going to be underdogs, even with a full complement.
The Guardian
4
Hence the plant yielded 61 per cent of the full complement of seeds.
The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
5
The SEC is currently down two members from its full complement of five.
Reuters
6
But this Hitler had a full complement on his right hand.
The new yorker
7
Ten ships of the line, sire, with a full complement of auxiliary vessels.
Foundation and Empire
8
The cars were all packed with their full complement of passengers.
In the Heart of the Rockies: A Story of Adventure in Colorado
9
Photograph: Nintendo Always arrive at a shrine with a full complement of arrows.
The Guardian
10
Google loaned us the full complement of accessories so we could test everything.
Wired
11
I believe that every officer has his full complement of chargers.
Bonnie Prince Charlie : a Tale of Fontenoy and Culloden
12
But again the Irish management cannot select from a full complement of players.
The Irish Times
13
All sweaty journeys upriver have to carry the full complement of odd characters.
One of our Thursdays is missing
14
Occasionally potatoes are harvested before they have developed their full complement of starch.
The cook's illustrated how-to-cook library
15
But we've launched a full complement of gravitonic distortion detector satellites.
The Neutronium Alchemist
16
And he could see the full complement of sidewinder missiles on their wings.
Wild Storm
This collocation consists of:
Full complement through the time
Full complement across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common