supplementary

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌsʌpləˈmɛntɛri/ UK /ˌsʌpləˈmɛntəri/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
completing or enhancing something by providing an addition

The textbook comes with supplementary online exercises.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · completing or enhancing... additional supplemental extra auxiliary complementary ancillary

Opposites

essential primary integral

Word family

Derived forms supplementarily

Related forms supplement supplemental supply

Etymology

From supplement (from Latin supplementum 'a filling up', from supplere 'to fill up', from sub- + plere 'to fill') plus -ary.

supplementum Latin plēre Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# supplementary

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌsʌpləˈmɛntɛri/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌsʌpləˈmɛntəri/

## Meanings
1. completing or enhancing something by providing an addition

## Examples
- The textbook comes with supplementary online exercises.

## Synonyms
- additional
- supplemental
- extra
- auxiliary
- complementary
- ancillary

## Antonyms
- essential
- primary
- integral

## Derived Forms
- supplementarily

## Related Forms
- supplement
- supplemental
- supply

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: supplementum
- Root: plēre

## Etymology
From supplement (from Latin supplementum 'a filling up', from supplere 'to fill up', from sub- + plere 'to fill') plus -ary.

## AI Etymology
Supplementary is from supplement (from Latin supplementum 'a filling up', from supplere 'to fill up', from sub- + plere 'to fill') plus -ary. Important recorded forms include supplementum (Latin) and plēre (Latin). Morphologically, the sub- element contributes the sense of under, below, secondary status, or movement from beneath, with the base naming the field of application. The modern sense continues the older lexical line without requiring a separate origin. In current use it covers completing or enhancing something by providing an addition. The wider family includes derived forms such as supplementarily and related words such as supplement, supplemental, and supply.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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