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sup·ple·ment
 (sŭp′lə-mənt)n.
1. Something added to complete a thing, make up for a deficiency, or extend or strengthen the whole.
2. A section added to a book or document to give further information or to correct errors.
3. A separate section devoted to a special subject inserted into a periodical, such as a newspaper.
4. See dietary supplement.
5. See supplementary angle.
tr.v. (-mĕnt′) sup·ple·ment·ed, sup·ple·ment·ing, sup·ple·ments
To provide or form a supplement to.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin supplēmentum, from supplēre, to complete; see supply.]
sup′ple·men·tar′i·ty (-târ′ĭ-tē) n.
sup′ple·men′ta·ry (-mĕn′tə-rē, -trē), sup′ple·men′tal (-mĕn′tl) adj.
sup′ple·men·ta′tion (-mĕn-tā′shən) n.
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supplementary
(ËsÊplɪËmÉntÉrɪ; -trɪ)adj
forming or acting as a supplement. Also (chiefly US): supplemental
n, pl -ries
a person or thing that is a supplement
ËsuppleËmentarily, ËsuppleËmentally adv
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sup•ple•men•ta•ry
(ˌsʌp ləˈmɛn tə ri)adj., n., pl. -ries. adj.
1. Also, supplemental. of the nature of or forming a supplement; additional.
n. 2. a person or thing that is supplementary.
[1660–70]
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Adj. | 1. | supplementary - functioning in a supporting capacity; "the main library and its auxiliary branches" secondary - being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams" |
2. | supplementary - added to complete or make up a deficiency; "produced supplementary volumes" additive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process" |
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supplementary
adjective additional, extra, complementary, accompanying, secondary, auxiliary, add-on, supplemental, ancillary the question of whether or not we need to take supplementary vitamins
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supplementary
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Translations
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doplÅkový
viîbótar-
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supplementary
[ˌsʌplɪˈmɛntəri] adj [dose] → complémentaire; [vitamins] → en complément, complémentaire
[funds, insurance, information, income] → complémentairesupplementary benefit n (British) → allocation f supplémentaire d'aide sociale
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supplementary
adj → zusätzlich, ergänzend; (Med) vitamins → ergänzend; to be supplementary to something → etw ergänzen; supplementary food → Zusatznahrung f; supplementary volume → Ergänzungsband m
supplementary
:supplementary angle
n → Supplement- or Ergänzungswinkel m
supplementary benefit
supplementary budget
n (Pol) → Nachtragshaushalt m
supplementary question
n (Parl) → Zusatzfrage f
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supplement
(ËsaplÉmÉnt) noun an addition made to supply something lacking, or to correct errors etc. A supplement to the dictionary is to be published next year.
(-ment) verb to make, or be, an addition to. He does an evening job to supplement his wages.
ËsuppleËmentary (-Ëmen-) adjective added to supply what is lacking; additional.
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