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supplemental

/ˌsʌplɪˈmɛntəl/US/ˌsʌpləˈmɛntəl/

supplemental adjective: acting to supplement.

Adjective

supplemental (comparative more supplemental, superlative most supplemental)

  1. Acting to supplement.
    • The supplementary bibliography (in Vol. VI) attests to the comprehensiveness of the effort.1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, →ISBN, page viii
  2. Appending.
  3. Lacking a regular schedule (as in a supplemental airline).

Noun

supplemental (plural supplementals)

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

supplemental meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

supplemental in Tamil

சப்ளிமெண்டல், சப்ளிமென்டல்

supplemental in Urdu

سپلیمنٹل

supplemental in Telugu

సప్లిమెంటల్

supplemental in Malayalam

സപ്ലിമെന്റൽ, സപ്ലിമെൻ്റൽ
More languagesFewer languages
supplemental in Punjabi
ਸਪਲੀਮੈਂਟਲ

Forms of supplemental

Adjective
comparativemore supplemental
superlativemost supplemental
Noun
pluralsupplementals

Origin of supplemental

From supplement + -al.

Words formed from supplemental

Phrases with supplemental

Questions about supplemental

What does supplemental mean?
Supplemental means acting to supplement.
What is supplemental in Tamil?
Supplemental in Tamil is சப்ளிமெண்டல், சப்ளிமென்டல். See Supplemental meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is supplemental?
Supplemental can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce supplemental?
Supplemental is pronounced /ˌsʌplɪˈmɛntəl/ (UK).

Words near supplemental in the dictionary

  1. supplejack
  2. supplejacks
  3. supplely
  4. supplement
  5. supplementable
  6. supplemental
  7. supplemental jurisdiction
  8. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
  9. supplemental restraint system
  10. supplemental restraint systems
  11. supplementally

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: supplemental (page history and authors); supplemental (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supplemental (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supplemental (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supplemental (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); supplemental (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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