S: (n) construction, grammatical construction, expression (a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit) "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"
S: (n) adjunct (a construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence)
S: (n) clause ((grammar) an expression including a subject and predicate functioning as a part of a complex sentence)
S: (n) complement (a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction)
S: (n) involution (a long and intricate and complicated grammatical construction)
S: (n) phrase (an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence)
S: (n) count (the total number counted) "a blood count"
S: (n) complement (a complete number or quantity) "a full complement"
S: (n) blood count (the number of red and white corpuscles in a blood sample)
S: (n) body count (a count of troops killed in an operation or time period) "the daily body count increased as the war went on"
S: (n) circulation (number of copies of a newspaper or magazine that are sold) "by increasing its circulation the newspaper hoped to increase its advertising"
S: (n) circulation ((library science) the count of books that are loaned by a library over a specified period)
S: (n) pollen count (the number of pollen grains (usually ragweed) in a standard volume of air over a twenty-four hour period and a specified time and place)
S: (n) sperm count (the number of sperm in an ejaculate) "the sperm count is used as an indicator of male fertility"
S: (n) complement, full complement (number needed to make up a whole force) "a full complement of workers"
S: (n) complement, accompaniment (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"
S: (n) complement (one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response)
S: (n) complement (either of two parts that mutually complete each other)
S: (v) complement (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"