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# complimentary

adjective (complimentary)

«complimentary» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Free, given without charge: «complimentary drinks». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#m1)
2. Saying nice things, praising: «She was very complimentary about my drawing». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday life hotels give complimentary breakfasts, toiletries and Wi-Fi, which means free. In school, a complimentary comment praises your work. In maths problems complimentary items cost nothing (price zero).

### Examples

- Breakfast is complimentary at this hotel. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#x1)
- The teacher was very complimentary about my story. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#x2)
- We got complimentary tickets to the show. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#x3)
- The restaurant gave us a complimentary dessert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#x4)
- Her comments were complimentary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#x5)
- Complimentary water is on the table. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#x6)
- So the tortoise climbed into the boat, the fisherman helping him, and after an exchange of complimentary speeches the tortoise said: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/#x7)

### Note

Do not confuse with «complementary» (with an «e»), which means going well together or completing something; in maths «complementary angles» add up to 90 degrees. «Complimentary» = praise or free.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «complimentary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/complimentary/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«complimentary» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/complimentary.html) on Mova free.