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Section added to a newspaper, particularly the Sunday edition, that enhances the content of the newspaper. Supplements are typically composed in a magazine format and contain fiction and nonfiction articles of a general or family appeal. Some supplements specialize in their content-for example, comic supplements, book supplements, or the broadcast-schedule supplement. Others may be marked "supplement," but are actually printed by an advertiser and inserted in the paper as a form of advertising. Supplements may be locally edited or nationally syndicated, but are never sold separately from the newspapers that carry them. Two examples of nationally syndicated magazine supplements are Family Weekly and Parade, which are sold to and carried by local newspapers throughout the country. The syndications edit and print their supplements, and then imprint each with the masthead of the individual newspapers that will feature them (as per newspaper postal requirements).

The advantages of advertising in a supplement are (1) the longer ad life, due to the fact that people tend to keep something in magazine format longer than the rest of the paper, and (2) the fact that the limitations on the closing dates are not as stringent nor as long in advance as those of most magazines. In addition, advertisers in a syndicated supplement are afforded the capability of reaching a mass audience.

noun

1. Something that completes another: complement. See agree/disagree, part/whole.
2. A subordinate element added to another entity: accessory, adjunct, appendage, appurtenance, attachment. See increase/decrease.

verb

To supply what is lacking: complement, complete, fill in (or out), round (off or out). See agree/disagree, part/whole.

n

Definition: something added
Antonyms: base, core

v

Definition: add to
Antonyms: subtract

IN BRIEF: n. - A quantity added (e.g. to make up for a deficiency); Textual matter that is added onto a publication.

These Three Sisters - corn, beans and squash - supplement and compliment each other. — Deborah Champlain

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In addition to the already supplied basics.

• s. feeding — supplied to animals at pasture to supplement a shortfall due to inadequate supply of feed. In housed or lotted animals refers to supplements for special needs such as growth, pregnancy, lactation, flushing for fertility.
• s. register — when there is a register of accredited herds, registered veterinarians, studbooks, it is common practice to have a supplementary register of persons or animals who do not quite have the required qualifications but are trying to enter the list.

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• Geometric Shapes and Mathematically Defined Forms - supplementary angle: either of two angles that combine to form an angle of 180 degrees

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - supplement, tillæg, bilag
v. tr. - supplere, udfylde

Nederlands (Dutch)
supplement, aanvulling, aanvullen

Français (French)
n. - complément, supplément, (Journ) supplément
v. tr. - augmenter, compléter

Deutsch (German)
n. - Zusatz, Beilage, Ergänzung
v. - ergänzen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συμπλήρωμα, παράρτημα (έκδοσης κ.λπ.), (μαθημ.) παραπλήρωμα, παραπληρωματική γωνία
v. - συμπληρώνω

Italiano (Italian)
supplemento, complemento

Português (Portuguese)
n. - suplemento (m)
v. - suplementar

Русский (Russian)
дополнение, приложение, вспомогательное средство, дополнять

Español (Spanish)
n. - suplemento, complemento
v. tr. - complementar, completar, reforzar, ayudar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - supplement, tillägg, bilaga
v. - öka (ut), fylla (ut), göra tillägg till, supplera, komplettera

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
增补, 补充, 附录, 补遗, 增刊, 副刊

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 增補, 補充, 附錄, 補遺, 增刊, 副刊
v. tr. - 補充, 增補

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 부록, 추가, 보호
v. tr. - 보충하다, 추가하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 補足, 補遺, 追加, 増刊, 付録
v. - 補う, 付録を付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ملحق , تكمله , اضافه (فعل) يضيف , يكمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נספח, מוסף, תוספת, תשלום בעד שירות נוסף, ההפרש בין גודל הזוית ל-081 מעלות‬
v. tr. - ‮הוסיף, השלים‬

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