complement

"to fill out"

The two kinds of complements are subject complements (which follow the verb be and other linking verbs) and object complements (which follow a direct object).

If it identifies the subject, the complement is a noun or pronoun; if it describes the subject, the complement is an adjective.


"Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality."
(Jules de Gaultier)

"Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke."
(Lynda Barry)

"Well, spring sprang. Thanks, Gaia. Much obliged. I guess it's time to get back to that daily routine of living we like to call normal."
(Northern Exposure, 1991)

"Libel actions, when we look at them in perspective, are an ornament of a civilized society."
(Henry Anatole Grunwald)