supplement

supplement
01. Tracy [supplements] her income with a part-time job at a fast food restaurant.
02. Suzica had to take an iron [supplement] during her pregnancy.
03. You should [supplement] your diet with vitamin B12 if you are a vegetarian.
04. This dietary [supplement] includes all the necessary vitamins and minerals required for an average adult.
05. Some corporate sponsorships are necessary to [supplement] public funding for the festival.
06. There is a special financial [supplement] to the newspaper every Friday.
07. Handicapped residents of the housing complex receive a [supplement] to help with rent costs.
08. You can get [supplemental] insurance coverage for an additional $5 a month.
09. You don't need to take [supplementary] vitamins if you eat properly.
10. Kathy Mohnke once said that marriage is like vitamins; we [supplement] each other's minimum daily requirements.
11. The koala is one of the few land animals that does not need water to [supplement] its food.
12. Multinational corporations must be challenged to pay their adult workers in developing countries a liveable wage so that children do not have to work to [supplement] their parents' income.
13. Young children have small stomachs, and high energy needs, so they need frequent snacks to [supplement] meals.
14. As a language learner, you may sometimes need to [supplement] the work done in the classroom with material you have gathered which is relevant to your specific language goals.
15. In 1835, the slaves working on the island of Mauritius were freed, and the labor force was [supplemented] by workers brought in from China and India.
16. The importance of calcium [supplementation] to bone health is well known.
17. She doesn't eat many vegetables, so she has been [supplementing] her diet with vitamin pills.
18. Immunization and vitamin A [supplementation] have been credited with saving the lives of millions of children each year.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Supplement — may refer to: * Dietary supplement * Bodybuilding supplement * Supplement, one of a pair of supplementary angles, considered relative to the other * Supplement (publishing) * A role playing or tabletop game supplement, see expansion pack …   Wikipedia

  • Supplement — Sn Ergänzungsband per. Wortschatz fach. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus l. supplēmentum, zu l. supplēre ergänzen, wieder vollmachen , zu l. plēnus voll . Adjektiv: supplementär.    Ebenso nndl. supplement, ne. supplement, nfrz. supplément,… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • supplément — Supplément. s. m. v. Ce qu on donne pour suppléer. On luy a donné tant en argent pour supplément, pour supplément de partage. supplément de dot. supplément de finances. On dit aussi, Le supplément d un autheur, d un livre, pour dire, Ce qu on a… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Supplement — (aus lateinisch supplementum, französisch supplément, englisch supplement) bedeutet allgemein „Ergänzung“. Als Supplement bezeichnet man: im Buchwesen eine ergänzende Veröffentlichung zu einem abgeschlossenen Buch oder einer abgeschlossenen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • supplement — I verb add, add to, amend, amplify, augment, bolster, broaden, buttress, complement, contribute to, enhance, enlarge, enrich, expand, fortify, improve, increase, lengthen, magnify, reinforce, strengthen, subsidize, superadd, widen II index accrue …   Law dictionary

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  • supplement — [sup′lə mənt; ] for v. [, sup′ləment΄] n. [ME < L supplementum < supplere: see SUPPLY1] 1. something added, esp. to make up for a lack or deficiency 2. a section added to a book or the like to give additional information, correct errors in… …   English World dictionary

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