supplemental
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5.0
- adjective
- /ˌsʌpləˈmɛntəl/
:
complementario
- Many employees rely on supplemental health insurance to cover additional medical expenses.
- supplemental materials
- supplemental instruction
- supplemental intervention
So that's not a retirement plan, that's a supplemental savings plan.
- So that's not a retirement plan, that's a supplemental savings plan.
- So without the supplemental lighting that we brought, it is like this.
- It's kind of like that fine line provide supplemental water when it's really hot or really windy.
- And so you can generate supplemental income.
- So I hold open the idea that supplemental collagen could help with skin, hair, nails.
- I think it's more important to focus on the phone being a supplemental thing to your life instead of being a part of it.
- So Kamala Harris has suggested that there might be an interest in providing some form of supplemental funding for Americans.
- So I would say not a really comprehensive supplemental plan at this point.
- And then you go off and do supplemental training depending on what aircraft and survival training, centrifuge.
- You actually went around the United States and you talked to people who were on welfare who were getting various kinds of, you know, supplemental income and things like that.
- But Kiefer had the same impact on my gastrointestinal system that supplemental fiber did, but also my mood was elevated.
- It's now called SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
- Jesus Christ, I should just start selling supplemental supplement gold bars and then just shit people air.
Examples
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A total of 26 reading specialists from 22 schools provided supplemental reading instruction.
Academic text (2013) -
- We need the supplemental income.
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We may have a record of supplemental figures.
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I think it's more important to focus on the phone being a supplemental thing to your life instead of being a part of it.
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So without the supplemental lighting that we brought, it is like this.
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I'm always using supplemental information, whether it be the journal to use a story about insurance.
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Doreen, this is the supplemental budget.
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So Kamala Harris has suggested that there might be an interest in providing some form of supplemental funding for Americans.
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Students' response to supplemental instruction is used for ongoing instructional planning and service delivery.
Academic text (2008) -
So that's not a retirement plan, that's a supplemental savings plan.
Synonyms
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1.0
More than is needed or expected
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1.0
More than what is already there or was mentioned
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6.5
Something that gives extra help or support
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4.1
A thing that completes and improves another
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7.3
Giving extra help or support to a main activity
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4.7
An extra part that makes something more complete or useful
Antonyms
How Supplemental
Surface Forms
Morphology
supplemental = supplement (transparent) = supplement + al
The adjective is transparently formed from 'supplement' plus '-al', meaning 'relating to' or 'serving as' a supplement.
Etymology
Supplemental comes from the Latin root supplēre, which means 'to fill up', and you can see the same idea in the common word supply. So a supplemental item is something 'extra' that fills a gap or gives more support.