supplement
supplement · supplements · supplemented · supplementing
дополнять
ergänzen, aufstocken, aufbessern
To provide or make a supplement to somethingTo provide or make a supplement to something.
UK/ˈsʌp.lɪ.mənt/US/ˈsʌp.lə.mənt/
» Did you take your iron supplements?
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesTo provide or make a supplement to something.
I supplement my income by working as a model.
aufstocken, aufbessern, ergänzen
дополня́тьdopolnjátʹ
serve as a supplement to
Examples
32 sentencesDid you take your iron supplements?
Ziri supplemented the soil with fertilizer.
Farmers often moonlight to supplement their incomes.
He supplemented his lecture with a booklet.
If there's a shortage, we'll supplement it.
Translations
5 languagesРусский
By meaning 1
to provide or make a supplement to:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to provide or make a supplement to:
Origin
From Latin supplementum (“that which is added to supply a shortage”), from supplere (“to pFrom Latin supplementum (“that which is added to supply a shortage”), from supplere (“to provide something”).
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Forms
supplements, supplementing, supplemented, supplemented| Base form | supplement · to supplement |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | supplements |
| Present participle | supplementing |
| Past simple | supplemented |
| Past participle | supplemented |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
4 synonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle