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supplemental

  • /ˌsʌplɪˈmɛntəl/ UK
  • /ˌsʌpləˈmɛntəl/ Canada, US
  • /ˌsapləˈmentəl/ Australia

adjective more supplemental · most supplemental

  1. Acting to supplement. The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.
  2. Appending.
  3. Lacking a regular schedule (as in a supplemental airline).

noun supplementals

  1. Something that supplements or adds to.
  2. A requisition or article of legislation that provides additional funding for a program.

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Closest in meaning: supplementary, additional, subsidiary, secondary, auxiliary, added, supplementation, supplementarity, supplement, add-on, complement, complementary, addition, adjunct, complementarity, ancillary

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adj Acting to supplement

Русскийдополнительный dopolnitelʹnyj

adj Lacking a regular schedule

Русскийдополнительный dopolnitelʹnyj

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@misc{supplemental_2026,
  title = {supplemental},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/supplemental},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}