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Supplementation

The act of supplementing.

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Expansion 76% connected

The act of expanding or spreading out; the condition of being expanded; dilation; enlargement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Increase 76% connected

To become greater or more in size, quantity, number, degree, value, intensity, power, authority, reputation, wealth; to grow; to augment; to advance;…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Increment 76% connected

The act or process of increasing; growth in bulk, guantity, number, value, or amount; augmentation; enlargement.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Subjoin 74% connected

To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subjoin 74% connected

To add after something else has been said or written; to ANNEX; as, to subjoin an argument or reason.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Supplement 74% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Supplement 74% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Subjoining 92% connected

of Subjoin

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Subjunction 92% connected

Act of subjoining, or state of being subjoined.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Supplement 92% connected

That which supplies a deficiency, or meets a want; a store; a supply.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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