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supplement

Academic Word List, sublist 9.

About 11.22 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Something added; especially, such an addition added to make up for a deficiency.
  2. noun An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors, or brings up to date.
  3. noun An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject; an additional section of a journal issue, or an additional issue, for a similar purpose.
    the literary supplement
  4. noun An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
  5. noun A vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development; the dosage form that conveys or embodies it (e.g., tablet, capsule, pill, powder, beverage).
    Vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids must come from either the diet or supplements.
  6. noun A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.
    There is a £2 supplement if you choose the steak.
  7. noun An adjunct that is nonessential, especially a supplementary relative clause.
  8. verb To provide or make a supplement to something.
    I supplement my income by working as a model.

Similar words

add on appurtenance accessory affix addendum postscript append supplementary supplementarity supplemental

Often followed by

to the their of and his for or this

Word family

supplementary supplementation supplementations supplemented supplementer supplementers supplementing supplements

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