supplemental

/,sʌpli'mentl/ Cách viết khác : (supplementary) /,sʌpli'mentəri/

Thân thiện

The library offers supplemental materials for further study.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Added to complete or make up a deficiency: Something that is "supplemental" is provided in addition to what is already present, often to fill a gap or make something whole.
   • Functioning in a supporting capacity: Describes something that provides additional help or support to a primary or main thing.

Usage

• The word "supplemental" is used to describe something extra that is added to improve or complete a main item, system, or body of information. It is often used in formal, academic, or technical contexts.
• It typically comes before a noun (e.g., supplemental material) or after a linking verb like "be" (e.g., The funding is supplemental).

Examples

• Adjective:
  • The professor provided supplemental reading materials for the advanced students.
  • A supplemental income from a part-time job helped her pay for tuition.
  • The report includes a supplemental appendix with all the raw data.

Advanced Usage

• "Supplemental to": Used to indicate what the extra item is in addition to.
  • This grant is supplemental to the main research funding.
• In legal or formal documents, "supplemental" can refer to an additional filing or document that adds to a previous one.
  • The attorney submitted a supplemental brief to the court.

Variants and Related Words

• Supplementary (adj): This is a more common variant with the same meaning as "supplemental."
  • The textbook has a supplementary online website.
• Supplement (n/verb): The noun form refers to the thing that is added. The verb means to add something extra.
  • Noun: She takes a daily vitamin supplement.
  • Verb: He supplements his diet with protein shakes.

Synonyms

• Additional: Added, extra.
• Auxiliary: Providing supplementary or additional help and support.
• Complementary: Combining in such a way as to enhance or emphasize the qualities of each other.

Antonyms

• Primary: Of chief importance; principal.
• Main: Most important.
• Central: At the point or in the area that is in the middle of something; most important.

Related Phrases

• Supplemental Security Income (SSI): A U.S. government program that provides stipends to low-income people who are aged, blind, or disabled.
• Supplemental instruction: Academic support program that uses peer-assisted study sessions.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. added to complete or make up a deficiency
   • produced supplementary volumes
2. functioning in a supporting capacity
   • the main library and its auxiliary branches

Từ đồng nghĩa

• supplementary
• auxiliary
• subsidiary