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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ple•men•tal (sup′lə men′tl),USA pronunciation adj. - supplementary.
- nonscheduled (def. 2).
- Law(of a pleading, an affidavit, etc.) added to furnish what is lacking or missing.
n. - anything that is supplemental:supplementals attached to the bill in committee.
- supplement + -al1 1595–1605
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
- 2.See corresponding entry in Unabridged addendum, epilogue, postscript. See appendix.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See complement.
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