supplement

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈsʌpləmənt/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Noun

Singular supplement

Plural supplements

1. A supplement is extra text that is added to the end of a book.

   At the back of the book was a supplement with maps showing where the story took place.

2. A supplement is a small insert or magazine added to a newspaper.

   He read the sport supplement that came with the Sunday paper.

3. A supplement is an extra that is added to something.

   His hotel bill included an internet connection supplement.

4. (grammar) A supplement is a loosely attached expression set off by intonation and usually punctuation, presenting supplementary, non-integrated content.

Verb

Plain form supplement

Third-person singular supplements

Past tense supplemented

Past participle supplemented

Present participle supplementing

1. To supplement is to add something extra.

   The doctor told him to supplement his new diet with vitamins.

Related words

• supplementary

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