supplement

[noun suhp-luh-muhnt; verb suhp-luh-ment]

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noun

something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.
a 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.

Geometry. the quantity by which an angle or an arc falls short of 180° or a semicircle.

verb (used with object)

to complete, add to, or extend by a supplement.
to form a supplement or addition to.
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 full¹) + -mentum -ment

Related formssup·ple·ment·er, nounun·sup·ple·ment·ed, adjectivewell-sup·ple·ment·ed, adjective

Can be confusedappendix index supplement (see synonym study at appendix)complement supplement (see synonym study at complement)

Synonyms for supplement

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2. addendum, epilogue, postscript. See appendix. 5. See complement.

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Related Words for supplemented

subsidize, buttress, augment, strengthen, enrich, complement, reinforce, fortify, enhance, improve, complete, extend, supply, top, increase, pad

Examples from the Web for supplemented

Contemporary Examples of supplemented

While airplanes are used to get aerial views now, they may soon be supplemented with drones, Triplett said.
Fighting Wildfire With Satellites, Lasers, and Drones
Elizabeth Lopatto
July 9, 2014
Well yes he did, supplemented with beers and wine and Cointreau and Champagne.
The Final Roar: Paul Reid on Finishing William Manchester’s Life of Churchill
Kevin Canfield
November 16, 2012
A few of those columns, supplemented with vignettes from her life as a home cook, were collected for Home Cooking.
Classic Food Memoirs
Tien Nguyen
March 1, 2011
And wind power must be supplemented with hydrocarbons for reliability.
A Centrist Gets Fighting Mad
Mark McKinnon
October 13, 2010
These have been supplemented by jewelry from the Cairo Museum and with a 33 B.C. papyrus, on loan from the Neues Museum in Berlin.
Cleopatra's Comeback
Stacy Schiff
June 3, 2010

Historical Examples of supplemented

On this occasion, our provisions were supplemented by the hospitality of the khan.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force
Sir Winston S. Churchill
"And all the other evidence is in keeping," supplemented Olivo.
Casanova's Homecoming
Arthur Schnitzler
"Gas-tight uniforms and our own supplies of oxygen," Blake supplemented.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930
Various
And the idea of the State is supplemented by the revelation of a future life.
The Republic
Plato
The argument, as in the Phaedo and Gorgias, is supplemented by the vision of a future life.
The Republic
Plato

British Dictionary definitions for supplemented

supplement

noun (ˈsʌplɪmənt)

an addition designed to complete, make up for a deficiency, etc
a section appended to a publication to supply further information, correct errors, etc
a magazine or section inserted into a newspaper or periodical, such as one with colour photographs issued every week
geometry
1. either of a pair of angles whose sum is 180°
2. an arc of a circle that when added to another arc forms a semicircleAbbreviation: sup, supp

verb (ˈsʌplɪˌmɛnt)

(tr) to provide a supplement to, esp in order to remedy a deficiency

Derived Formssupplementation, nounsupplementer, noun

Word Origin for supplement

C14: from Latin supplēmentum, from supplēre to supply 1

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Word Origin and History for supplemented

supplement

late 14c., from Latin supplementum "something added to supply a deficiency," from supplere (see supply (v.)).

supplement

1829, from supplement (n.). Related: Supplemented; supplementing.