Hyphenation of complement

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word complement ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

com-ple-ment

Definitions of complement :

1.	A word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction
2.	A complete number or quantity A full complement
3.	Number needed to make up a whole force A full complement of workers
4.	Something added to complete or embellish or make perfect A fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner Wild rice was served as an accompaniment to the main dish
5.	One of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response
6.	Either of two parts that mutually complete each other
7.	Make complete or perfect Supply what is wanting or form the complement to I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup

Synonyms of complement :

noun	construction, grammatical construction, expression
noun	count
noun	full complement, work force, workforce, manpower, hands, men
noun	increase, increment
noun	enzyme
noun	counterpart, opposite number, vis-a-vis
verb	balance, equilibrate, equilibrize, equilibrise

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.