SUPPLEMENT

accessory, appurtenance, supplement, add-on

(noun) a supplementary component that improves capability

supplement, supplementation

(noun) a quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)

addendum, supplement, postscript

(noun) textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

append, add on, supplement, affix

(verb) add to the very end; ā€œHe appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented languageā€

supplement

(verb) add as a supplement to what seems insufficient; ā€œsupplement your dietā€

supplement

(verb) serve as a supplement to; ā€œVitamins supplemented his meager dietā€

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

supplement (plural supplements)

Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.

An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.

An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.

(geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180Ā°; a supplementary angle.

(nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.

Synonyms

• (something added): addition; See also adjunct

Verb

supplement (third-person singular simple present supplements, present participle supplementing, simple past and past participle supplemented)

To provide or make a supplement to something.

Synonyms

• eke out

Source: Wiktionary


Sup"ple*ment, n. Etym: [F. supplƩment, 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.)

Definition: The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180Ā°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle.

Syn.

– Appendix.

– 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.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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