supplement
sup|plement /s'ʌplɪmənt/ (supplements supplementing supplemented)
1 [VERB] V n, V n with n
If you supplement something, you add something to it in order to improve it.
...people doing extra jobs outside their regular jobs to supplement their incomes...
I suggest supplementing your diet with vitamins E and A.
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Supplement is also a noun.
Business sponsorship must be a supplement to, not a substitute for, public funding.
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A supplement is a pill that you take or a special kind of food that you eat in order to improve your health.
...a multiple vitamin and mineral supplement...
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A supplement is a separate part of a magazine or newspaper, often dealing with a particular topic.
...a special supplement to a monthly financial magazine.
see also colour supplement
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A supplement to a book is an additional section, written some time after the main text and published either at the end of the book or separately.
...the supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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A supplement is an extra amount of money that you pay in order to obtain special facilities or services, for example when you are travelling or staying at a hotel.
If you are travelling alone, the single room supplement is £11 a night.
6 [N-COUNT] usu N n, N to n
A supplement is an extra amount of money that is paid to someone, in addition to their normal pension or income.
Some people may be entitled to a housing benefit supplement.
...people who need a supplement to their basic pension.col|our sup|plement (colour supplements)
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A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends. (BRIT; in AM, use supplement)sin|gle sup|plement (single supplements)
also single person supplement
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A single supplement is an additional sum of money that a hotel charges for one person to stay in a room meant for two people.
You can avoid the single supplement by agreeing to share a twin room.
1 [VERB] V n, V n with n
If you supplement something, you add something to it in order to improve it.
...people doing extra jobs outside their regular jobs to supplement their incomes...
I suggest supplementing your diet with vitamins E and A.
[N-COUNT] oft N to n
Supplement is also a noun.
Business sponsorship must be a supplement to, not a substitute for, public funding.
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A supplement is a pill that you take or a special kind of food that you eat in order to improve your health.
...a multiple vitamin and mineral supplement...
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A supplement is a separate part of a magazine or newspaper, often dealing with a particular topic.
...a special supplement to a monthly financial magazine.
see also colour supplement
4 [N-COUNT] oft N to n
A supplement to a book is an additional section, written some time after the main text and published either at the end of the book or separately.
...the supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica.
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A supplement is an extra amount of money that you pay in order to obtain special facilities or services, for example when you are travelling or staying at a hotel.
If you are travelling alone, the single room supplement is £11 a night.
6 [N-COUNT] usu N n, N to n
A supplement is an extra amount of money that is paid to someone, in addition to their normal pension or income.
Some people may be entitled to a housing benefit supplement.
...people who need a supplement to their basic pension.col|our sup|plement (colour supplements)
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A colour supplement is a colour magazine which is one of the sections of a newspaper, especially at weekends. (BRIT; in AM, use supplement)sin|gle sup|plement (single supplements)
also single person supplement
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A single supplement is an additional sum of money that a hotel charges for one person to stay in a room meant for two people.
You can avoid the single supplement by agreeing to share a twin room.