SUPPLEMENT


Meaning of SUPPLEMENT in English

— supplementer , n.

n. /sup"leuh meuhnt/ ; v. /sup"leuh ment'/ , n.

1. something added to complete a thing, supply a deficiency, or reinforce or extend a whole.

2. a part added to a book, document, etc., to supply additional or later information, correct errors, or the like.

3. a part, usually of special character, issued as an additional feature of a newspaper or other periodical.

4. Geom. the quantity by which an angle or an arc falls short of 180° or a semicircle.

v.t.

5. to complete, add to, or extend by a supplement.

6. to form a supplement or addition to.

7. to supply (a deficiency).

[ 1350-1400; ME supplementum that by which anything is made full, equiv. to sup- SUP- + ple- (s. of plere to fill; see FULL 1 ) + -mentum -MENT ]

Syn. 2. addendum, epilogue, postscript. See appendix. 5. See complement .

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .