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Antonyms for supplementing


Grammar : Verb
Spell : noun suhp-luh-muhnt; verb suhp-luh-ment
Phonetic Transcription : noun ˈsʌp lə mənt; verb ˈsʌp ləˌmɛnt



Definition of supplementing

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Latin supplementum "something added to supply a deficiency," from supplere (see supply (v.)).
  • verb add to
Example sentences :
  • "Too slowly, since swords and pikes have to be supplementing its blade," said Gilbert.
  • Extract from : « The Countess of Charny » by Alexandre Dumas (pere)
  • Two passages from his diary, the second supplementing the first, supply the picture.
  • Extract from : « Lausanne » by Francis Henry Gribble
  • I shall only be supplementing what you told in your letters, Laura.
  • Extract from : « Three Comedies » by Bjrnstjerne M. Bjrnson
  • Miss Ellsling, on the stage, seemed to be supplementing this remark.
  • Extract from : « Harlequin and Columbine » by Booth Tarkington
  • The other boy joined in at intervals, supplementing my remarks.
  • Extract from : « Across the Prairie in a Motor Caravan » by Frances Halton Eva Hasell
  • From this point of view the Wasps may be regarded as supplementing the Knights.
  • Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 5 » by Various
  • Why should he speak of supplementing the use of gold with silver, any more than supplementing the use of silver with gold?
  • Extract from : « The Arena » by Various
  • They have been tireless in supplementing the service of other organizations.
  • Extract from : « America's War for Humanity » by Thomas Herbert Russell
  • The lecture method is also useful in supplementing the recitations of the pupils.
  • Extract from : « The Recitation » by George Herbert Betts
  • This he spent in supplementing the scanty rations served out.
  • Extract from : « With Moore at Corunna » by G. A. Henty

Synonyms for supplementing

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