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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ple•ment /n. ˈsʌpləmənt; v. -ˌmɛnt/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- something added to complete a thing or to reinforce or extend something:The supplies at the depot were a supplement to what they had already brought with them.
- Printing, Library Sciencesomething added to or issued after a publication that supplies further information, etc.:a supplement to an encyclopedia.
- Mathematicsthe amount by which an angle or arc falls short of 180° or a semicircle.
v. [~ + object] - to complete, add to, or extend by a supplement:The computer can supplement what has been taught in a classroom.
sup•ple•men•tal, adj. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ple•ment (n. sup′lə mənt;v. sup′lə ment′),USA pronunciation n. - something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
- Printinga part added to a book, document, etc., to supply additional or later information, correct errors, or the like.
- a part, usually of special character, issued as an additional feature of a newspaper or other periodical.
- Mathematics[Geom.]the quantity by which an angle or an arc falls short of 180° or a semicircle.
v.t. - to complete, add to, or extend by a supplement.
- to form a supplement or addition to.
- to supply (a deficiency).
- Latin supplēmentum that by which anything is made full, equivalent. to sup- sup- + plē- (stem of plēre to fill; see full1) + -mentum -ment
- Middle English 1350–1400
sup′ple•ment′er, n. - 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged addendum, epilogue, postscript. See appendix.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See complement.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: supplement n /ˈsʌplɪmənt/- an addition designed to complete, make up for a deficiency, etc
- a section appended to a publication to supply further information, correct errors, etc
- a magazine or section inserted into a newspaper or periodical, such as one with colour photographs issued every week
- either of a pair of angles whose sum is 180°
- an arc of a circle that when added to another arc forms a semicircle
vb /ˈsʌplɪˌmɛnt/- (transitive) to provide a supplement to, esp in order to remedy a deficiency
Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin supplēmentum, from supplēre to supply1ˌsupplemenˈtation n |