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FULL COMPLEMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does full complement mean?
• FULL COMPLEMENT (noun)
The noun FULL COMPLEMENT has 1 sense:
1. number needed to make up a whole force
Familiarity information: FULL COMPLEMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Number needed to make up a whole force
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
complement; full complement
Context example:
a full complement of workers
Hypernyms ("full complement" is a kind of...):
hands; manpower; men; work force; workforce (the force of workers available)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "full complement"):
company; ship's company (crew of a ship including the officers; the whole force or personnel of a ship)
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