1 ~ (to sth) a thing that is added to sth else to improve or complete it:
vitamin / dietary supplements (= vitamins and other foods eaten in addition to what you usually eat) * Industrial sponsorship is a supplement to government funding.
2 an extra separate section, often in the form of a magazine, that is sold with a newspaper:
the Sunday colour supplements
3 ~ (to sth) a book or a section at the end of a book that gives extra information or deals with a special subject:
the supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary * a supplement to the main report
4 an amount of money that you pay for an extra service or item, especially in addition to the basic cost of a holiday/vacation:
There is a ｣10 supplement for a single room. * Safety deposit boxes are available at a supplement.
verb [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to add sth to sth in order to improve it or make it more complete:
a diet supplemented with vitamin pills * He supplements his income by giving private lessons.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is supplement a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, supplement is tagged as noun.
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