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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

supplementare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sup-ple-men-ta-re

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Supplementary/ˌsʌp.ləˈmen.tər.i/
adjectivenounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #2450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il libro include domande supplementari alla fine."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Completing or enhancing something else; provided as an extra amount or element.

    "The textbook includes supplementary questions at the end of every chapter for extra practice."
As noun
  1. 1

    An extra part, section, or amount added to a publication or document.

    "The Sunday newspaper came with a special literary supplementary."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'supplementum', meaning 'that which fills up or completes', stemming from 'supplere' (to fill up, supply). Over time, the term evolved into English to describe elements added to an existing thing to enhance, complete, or provide extra support.

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