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supplementation

sup·ple·men·ta·tion
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suhp-luh-men-tey-shuh n, -muh n-]
    • /ˌsʌp lə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -mən-/
    • /sʌp.lɪ.menˈteɪ.ʃən/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suhp-luh-men-tey-shuh n, -muh n-]
    • /ˌsʌp lə mɛnˈteɪ ʃən, -mən-/

Definitions of supplementation word

  • noun supplementation the act or process of supplementing. 1
  • noun supplementation the state of being supplemented. 1
  • noun supplementation something that supplements. 1
  • noun supplementation provision of supporting material 1
  • noun supplementation addition of sth to make up deficiency 1
  • uncountable noun supplementation Supplementation is the use of pills or special types of food in order to improve your health. 0
See all 6 definitions of supplementation

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Origin of supplementation

First appearance:

before 1850
One of the 32% newest English words
First recorded in 1850-55; supplement + -ation

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Parts of speech for Supplementation

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Supplementation

supplementation popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

supplementation usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for supplementation

noun supplementation

  • enrichment — The act of enriching or something enriched.
Just one Synonym for supplementation

Top questions with supplementation

  • what is mutual supplementation?

Related words

  • suppletion

    the use in inflection or derivation of an allomorph that is not related in form to the primary allomorph of a morpheme, as the use of better as the comparative of good.
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