Verb: supplement sú-plu-munt
- Add as a supplement to what seems insufficient
"supplement your diet"
- Serve as a supplement to
"Vitamins supplemented his meagre diet"
- Add to the very end
"They supplemented the report with new data";
- append, add on, affix
- A supplementary component that improves capability
"The smartphone case was sold as an optional supplement";
- accessory, appurtenance, add-on, bolt-on
- A quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency)
"The vitamin supplement was recommended to address the nutritional deficiency";
- supplementation
- Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end
"The research paper included a supplement with additional data";
- addendum, postscript
- (geometry) an angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180 degrees
"The supplement of a 30-degree angle is 150 degrees"
Derived forms: supplements, supplementing, supplemented
Type of: add, attach, be, component, comprise, constituent, constitute, element, increase, increment, make up, matter, represent
Part of: back matter, end matter
Encyclopedia: Supplement