compliment

CEFRB1

/ˈkɑmpləmənt/

noun · verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A kind remark that praises someone or something.

  2. 02

    verb

    To praise someone or something.

Examples

  • He paid me the compliment of listening.

  • The shy boy blushed at her compliment.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Complimentary language; courtesy, flattery.

  2. An expression of praise, congratulation, or respect.

verb

Extra meaning

  1. To pay a compliment (to someone); to express a favourable opinion (of someone).

More examples

In context

  • They paid a high compliment to the speaker.

  • pay someone a compliment

  • [...] what honour that, but tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies, Outlandish flatteries?

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Quick test

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Question 1 · Quick check

She blushed and smiled when he gave her a nice blank about her dress.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French compliment, itself a borrowing of Italian complimento, which in turn is a borrowing from Spanish cumplimiento, from cumplir (“to comply, complete, do what is proper”) + -miento or Latin complēmentum. Doublet of complement. Displaced Old English ġeswǣsnes.