supplement
IPA: sˈʌpɫʌmʌnt
noun
- Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
- An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.
- (journalism) An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.
- (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.
- A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.
verb
- To provide or make a supplement to something.
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Examples of "supplement" in Sentences
- They need more supplement of vitamins.
- A biweekly fine arts supplement is published.
- I took the liberty to supplement the article.
- It aims to supplement the material in the journal.
- The supplement is considered a panacea by some Cubans.
- He compiled the Catalogue and Supplement of the Library.
- Herbal remedies and supplements are popular in this shop.
- The music for this litany is given in the music supplement.
- Supplementing the work of the board is the advisory council.
- They buy a supplement from the private market for the balance.
- Garden of Life Inc. is recalling name protein supplement bars.
- Another bottle had contained a vitamin supplement called Super-Vit.
- If the child is underweight, a daily nutritional supplement may be recommended.
- The word "supplement" in v5 is the Greek word επιχορηγησατε, which describes one who gives lavishly and generously.
- At the same time, most studies agree that we don't get enough vitamins from our diets, so a good multivitamin supplement is advised.
- Rather than pinning all of our hopes on natural gas, it should be approached as a short-term supplement to oil amid the transition to lasting renewable energy sources.
- But anyone who studies preterm birth knows its multifactorial and there will be no magic bullet that is as simple to administer as a vitamin supplement (same with autism and c-section, for that matter).
- So corn as a nutrional supplement is not only wasted money from you, but it is also wasted on the deer except in harsh winter conditions where it may save their lives, but that is a whole other data set.
- The editor of the Times books supplement is obviously a reader of Petrona, because in the "hot type" industry column this week are two stories you read here first: the woman who was rude about bloggers as book reviewers while her publicist was asking them to review her latest book; and the Harry Potter bookshelf poetry competition.