supplemented
- 1Simple past and past participle of supplement.
He supplemented his lectures with detailed handouts for every session.
The town's water supply was supplemented by a newly built reservoir.
Note
One regular -ed form does double duty: simple past in a finite clause (she supplemented her income), and past participle after have in the perfect (has supplemented) or after be in the passive (was supplemented). What is added usually follows with in the active, and often by in the passive. Only the verb takes this ending. The noun's senses, a newspaper supplement or a dietary supplement, stay supplement or supplements.
supplemented is a form of supplement
supplement, verb: To add something to a thing in order to complete it or make up for what it lacks. Full entry
- Forms
- supplementsupplements he/she/itsupplementing -ing formsupplemented past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- supplement → supplemented: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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