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Definition of complementation noun from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

complementation

noun

NAmE//ˌkɑmpləmɛnˈteɪʃn//

[uncountable]

1(formal) the fact of complementing something

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2(grammar) the complement of a verb in a clause

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