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SUPL-im-uh-nt/ˈsʌplɪmənt/

To supplement is to add something extra to improve or complete: supplement income, supplement the data. Add is everyday; complement (already in the dictionary) is “go well with”; replace sits opposite. A supplement (noun) is the extra item or a magazine insert. Do not swap a caption for a cohort.

Meaning

To add something extra in order to improve or complete.

Examples

• “Supplement the daytime sample with the night cohort; do not replace it with a caption.”
• “Add is everyday. Complement is already in this course (completes by matching). A vitamin supplement is the consumer sense. Extra is not instead. A caption is comms. The night names still belong in the n.”

Good to know

Add extra to complete. Everyday: add. Contrast: replace; complement (already in the dictionary) = go well with. Extra ≠ instead.

Near in meaning

add

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