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täydentävä — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • accessory noun An additional item that complements or completes something, especially an outfit.
  • complementary adj Combining well with something else so that together they form a complete or improved whole.
  • subsidiary noun A company that is owned or controlled by a larger parent company.
  • supplemental adj Serving to supplement something; additional.
  • supplementary adj Added to provide something extra that was needed.

Senses

täydentävä is used for these senses in English:

  • accessory Having a secondary, supplementary or subordinate function by accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; being additional; contributing or being contributory. [from 1550s]
  • complementary Acting as a complement; making up a whole with something else.
  • subsidiary Auxiliary or supplemental.
  • supplemental Acting to supplement.
  • supplementary Additional; added to supply what is wanted.

accessory — full definition

  1. noun An additional item that complements or completes something, especially an outfit.
  2. noun A person who helps someone commit a crime without directly carrying it out.
  3. adj Supplementary or secondary rather than essential.

complementary — full definition

  1. adj Combining well with something else so that together they form a complete or improved whole.
  2. noun An angle that, added to another, equals ninety degrees.

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