supplementとは意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌpləmənt/

名詞

supplement (複数形 supplements)

1. Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
   • 2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

2. An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.
3. An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:

     "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"

4. (geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
5. (nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.
6. A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.

   There is a £2 supplement if you choose the steak.

同意語

• (something added): addition; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

関連する語

• supplementary
• suppletion
• suppletory

動詞

supplement (三人称単数 現在形 supplements, 現在分詞 supplementing, 過去形および過去分詞形 supplemented)

1. To provide or make a supplement to something.

   I supplement my income by working as a model.

同意語

• eke out