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com•ple•men•tiz•er
(kom′plə mən tī′zər),USA pronunciation n. [Ling.]
- Grammar, Linguisticsan element or elements marking a complement clause, as that in We thought that you forgot, for … to in For you to go all the way there would be silly, or possessive …-ing in Barbara's leaving so early worried them.
- complement + -ize + -er1