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sup⋅ple⋅ment

[n. suhp-luh-muhnt; v. suhp-luh-ment]
–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)
5. to complete, add to, or extend by a supplement.
6. to form a supplement or addition to.
7. to supply (a deficiency).

Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L supplēmentum that by which anything is made full, equiv. to sup- sup- + plē- (s. of plēre to fill; see full 1 ) + -mentum -ment


sup⋅ple⋅ment⋅er, noun


2. addendum, epilogue, postscript. See appendix. 5. See complement.
sup·ple·ment   (sŭp'lə-mənt)   


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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. Mathematics The angle or arc that when added to a given angle or arc makes 180° or a semicircle. Also called supplementary angle.
tr.v.   (-měnt') 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 (-měn'tə-rē, -trē), sup'ple·men'tal (-měn'tl) adj., sup'ple·men·ta'tion (-měn-tā'shən) n.

Supplement

Sup"ple*ment\, n. [F. suppl['e]ment, L. supplementum, fr. supplere to fill up. See Supply, v. t.]

1. That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply. [Obs.] --Chapman.

2. That which fills up, completes, or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged, or set apart; specifically, a part added to, or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors.

3. (Trig.) The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180[deg]; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle.

Syn: Appendix.

Usage: Appendix, Supplement. An appendix is that which is appended to something, but is not essential to its completeness; a supplement is that which supplements, or serves to complete or make perfect, that to which it is added.

Supplement

Sup"ple*ment\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Supplemented; p. pr. & vb. n. Supplementing.] To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.

Causes of one kind must be supplemented by bringing to bear upon them a causation of another kind. --I. Taylor.
Language Translation for : Supplement
Spanish: suplemento,
German: die Ergänzung,
Japanese: 補足

supplement 
1382, from L. supplementum "something added to supply a deficiency," from supplere (see supply). The verb is first recorded 1829.

Main Entry: 1sup·ple·ment
Pronunciation: 's&p-l&-m&nt
Function: noun
: something that completes or makes an additionsupplements>

Main Entry: 2sup·ple·ment
Pronunciation: 's&p-l&-"ment
Function: transitive verb
: to add a supplement to : serveas a supplement for supplement the traditional treatment —Therapeutic Notes> —sup·ple·men·ta·tion /"s&p-l&-"men-'tA-sh&n, -m&n-/ noun
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