Meaning of SUPPLEMENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'suplumunt
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- [n] a supplementary component
- [n] a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
- [n] textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
- [v] add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
- [v] add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; "supplement your diet"
- [v] serve as a supplement to; "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet"
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| | Synonyms: | | accessory, add on, addendum, affix, append, appurtenance, postscript, supplementation |
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| | See Also: | | add, annex, appendix, attach, auto accessory, back matter, be, component, comprise, computer accessory, constituent, constitute, continuation, cut-in, eke out, element, end matter, fill out, fitting, fixings, furnish, increase, increment, insert, leverage, make up, matter, provide, render, represent, sequel, supply, trimmings, vitaminise, vitaminize | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Sup"ple*ment\, n. [F. suppl['e]ment, L.
supplementum, fr. supplere to fill up. See {Supply}, v. t.]
1. That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a
store; a supply. [Obs.] --Chapman.
2. That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to,
something already organized, arranged, or set apart;
specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation
of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or
correct its errors.
3. (Trig.) The number of degrees which, if added to a
specified arc, make it 180[deg]; the quantity by which an
arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc
falls short of a semicircle.
Syn: Appendix.
Usage: {Appendix}, {Supplement}. An appendix is that which is
appended to something, but is not essential to its
completeness; a supplement is that which supplements,
or serves to complete or make perfect, that to which
it is added.
\Sup"ple*ment\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Supplemented};
p. pr. & vb. n. {Supplementing}.]
To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.
Causes of one kind must be supplemented by bringing to
bear upon them a causation of another kind. --I.
Taylor.
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| | Definition: | | Nutritionally, a substance such as a vitamin pill, fiber solution, or herbal extract that is consumed in addition to food in order to complete or enhance the diet. |
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