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Webster 1913 Edition
Supplement
Sup′ple-ment
,Noun.
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°; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees, or an arc falls short of a semicircle.
Syn. – Appendix.
– 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. Sup′ple-ment
,Verb.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Supplement
SUP'PLEMENT
,Noun.
1.
Literally, a supply; hence, an addition to any thing by which its defects are supplied, and it is made more full and complete. The word is particularly used of an addition to a book or paper.2.
Store; supply. [Not in use.]3.
In trigonometry, the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees or a semicircle.Definition 2024
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See also: supplément
English
Noun
supplement (plural supplements)
- Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
- 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 134:
- Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
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- An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.
- An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.
- 1907, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, “chapter IV”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:
- "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"
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- (geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
- (nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.
Translations
something added
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extension to a document or publication
additional section of a newspaper
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supplementary angle in geometry
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vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound
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Verb
supplement (third-person singular simple present supplements, present participle supplementing, simple past and past participle supplemented)
Synonyms
Translations
to provide or make a supplement to
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