Definitions for supplement

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supplement sup·ple·ment

Spelling: [noun suhp-luh-muh nt; verb<

IPA: /noun ˈsʌp lə mənt; verb ˈsʌp ləˌmɛnt/

Supplement is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 412 anagrams from letters in supplement (eelmnppstu).

Definitions for supplement

noun

1. something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
2. a part added to a book, document, etc., to supply additional or later information, correct errors, or the like.
3. a part, usually of special character, issued as an additional feature of a newspaper or other periodical.
4. Geometry. the quantity by which an angle or an arc falls short of 180° or a semicircle.

verb (used with object)

1. to complete, add to, or extend by a supplement.
2. to form a supplement or addition to.
3. to supply (a deficiency).

Origin of supplement

1350-1400; Middle English Latin supplēmentum that by which anything is made full, equivalent to sup- sup- + plē- (stem of plēre to fill; see full<

Examples for supplement

The Royal Household was charged by the PAC in 2009 to generate more income to supplement the funding it receives from Government.

The flowers and leaves of this herb are used to make medications and the supplement is popularly used for depression.

His last touch was to supplement the decanter of sherry with a bottle of vodka.

Teachers will supplement them or substitute others at their pleasure.

In fact, we shall have to supplement it, before we can go before anybody with it.

I was grateful I could supplement my voracious reading with other media, as it kept me feeling current.

The traffickers also charge a supplement of around $1,500 for taking minors across the perilous sea without their parents.

Miss Warren would have been at least surprised to see it in our supplement.

Annunziato and Akerman are in agreement that CrowdMed is best deployed as a supplement, not a substitute.

He is able to supplement the front-sight method by the usual estimate by eye.