supplement
Etymology
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Etymology
From Latin supplementum, from supplere ("to provide something").
Pronunciation Nounsupplement (plural supplements)
- Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
- 2023 April 3, Alaina Demopoulos, “Computer-generated inclusivity: fashion turns to ‘diverse’ AI models”, in Katharine Viner, editor, The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN ↗, →OCLC ↗:
- AI models will not completely replace the humans, she said, but will serve as a “supplement” intended to aid in the brand’s representation of various sizes, skin tones and ages.
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- 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.
- the literary supplement
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC ↗:
- "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!"
- (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.
- There is a £2 supplement if you choose the steak.
- (something added) addition; See also Thesaurus:adjunct
- German: Ergänzung
- Portuguese: suplemento, adendo
- Spanish: suplemento
- German: (generally) Nachtrag; (appendix) Anhang; (additional volume of an already completed opus) Supplement, Supplementband
- Portuguese: suplemento, adendo
- Russian: приложе́ние
- Spanish: suplemento
- French: supplément
- German: Beilage
- Portuguese: suplemento
- Russian: приложе́ние
- Portuguese: suplemento
- Russian: дополнительный угол
- Spanish: suplementario
- German: Ergänzungsmittel, Supplement
- Portuguese: suplemento
- Russian: дополне́ние
supplement (supplements, present participle supplementing; simple past and past participle supplemented)
Synonyms Translations- German: aufstocken, aufbessern, ergänzen
- Portuguese: suplementar
- Russian: дополня́ть
- Spanish: complementar, suplementar
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