Another word for supplement
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Noun
Something that completes another
- (Grammar) A word or words used to complete a predicate construction, especially the object or indirect object of a verb, for example, the phrase to eat ice cream in We like to eat ice cream.
- Something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection:
- A complementary color.
A subordinate element added to another entity
- Something, such as a tie, band, or fastener, that attaches one thing to another.
- An accessory for an electrical appliance, machine, etc.
- A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
- Something associated with another, more important thing; an accessory.
- Equipment, such as clothing, tools, or instruments, used for a specific purpose or task; gear.
- Apparatus or equipment; accessories
- Anything appended; adjunct
- An external body part that projects from the body
- Something added or attached to an entity of greater importance or size; an adjunct.
- (Grammar) A clause or phrase added to a sentence that, while not essential to the sentence's structure, amplifies its meaning, such as for several hours in We waited for several hours.
- A thing added to something else, but secondary or not essential to it
- Something attached to another in a dependent or subordinate position.
- Something extra; thing added to help in a secondary way
- A piece of optional equipment for convenience, comfort, appearance, etc.
- A subordinate or supplementary item; an adjunct.
See also:
Verb
To supply what is lacking
- To take a circular course; complete or partially complete a circuit:
- With revolutions:
- To complete; finish; perfect
- To bring to a finish or an end:
- To successfully execute or effect
- To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts:
- To be a complement to
- To serve as a complement to:
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Another word for supplement
Noun
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- A complex system of proteins found in blood plasma that are sequentially activated and play various roles in the immune response, including lysing bacterial cell membranes, making pathogens more susceptible to phagocytes, and recruiting inflammatory cells to sites of infection or injury.
- (Grammar) A word or words used to complete a predicate construction, especially the object or indirect object of a verb, for example, the phrase to eat ice cream in We like to eat ice cream.
- Something that completes, makes up a whole, or brings to perfection:
- A keeping up or going on without interruption; continued and unbroken existence or action
- A part or thing added to make something reach further or last longer; extension, supplement, sequel, etc.
- An extension by which something is carried to a further point:
- Plural form of sequela
- A result or consequence
- A literary work, film, etc. complete in itself but continuing a story begun in an earlier work, film, etc.
Verb
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- To add to the beauty or character of; adorn:
- (Physics) To increase the amount of one or more radioactive isotopes in (a material, especially a nuclear fuel).
- To add vitamins, minerals, etc. to (bread, flour, etc.) so as to increase the nutritional value
- To make greater, as in cost, value, attractiveness, etc.; heighten; augment
- To improve or augment, especially in effectiveness, value, or attractiveness:
- To improve electronically the quality or clarity of (a photograph or other image) as by means of a computer
- To assist or support with a subsidy.
- To secure the assistance of by granting a subsidy.
- To buy the aid or support of with a subsidy, often as a kind of bribe
- To prop up; bolster
- To support something or someone by supplying evidence; to corroborate or substantiate.
- To support or reinforce with a buttress
- To make greater or larger.
- To multiply; reproduce.
- To cause to become greater in size, amount, degree, etc.; add to; augment
- To give emotional, moral, or mental strength to; encourage:
- To strengthen or enrich (food, for example), as by adding vitamins.
- To add vitamins, minerals, etc. to (milk, etc.) so as to increase the nutritional value; enrich
- To strengthen by adding extra support or material.
- (Psychology) To reward (an experimental subject, for example) with a reinforcer subsequent to a desired response or performance.
- (Psychol.) To increase the probability of (a response to a stimulus) by giving a reward or ending a painful stimulus
- To make (something already developed or well under way) greater, as in size, extent, or quantity:
- To become greater; increase
- To become augmented.
- To enlarge the scope or effect of:
- To increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance:
- To be or become long, large, or comprehensive:
- To bring to a finish or an end:
- To successfully execute or effect
- To make whole, with all necessary elements or parts:
- To serve as a temporary substitute
- To give, furnish, or provide (what is needed or wanted)
- To have as a necessary or desirable feature:
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