Decrease and Supplement

noun

• A change downward.
  • usage: "there was a decrease in his temperature as the fever subsided"; "there was a sharp drop-off in sales"
  • synonyms: lessening, drop-off
• A process of becoming smaller or shorter.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The amount by which something decreases.
  • synonyms: decrement
• The act of decreasing or reducing something.
  • synonyms: diminution, reduction, step-down

verb

• Decrease in size, extent, or range.
  • usage: "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"
  • synonyms: diminish, lessen, fall
• Make smaller.
  • usage: "He decreased his staff"
  • synonyms: lessen, minify

• (v.t.) To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
• (v.) A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.
• (n.) To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc. or in strength, quality or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
• (v.) The wane of the moon.

noun

• Textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end.
  • synonyms: addendum, postscript
• A quantity added (e. G. To make up for a deficiency.
  • synonyms: supplementation
• A supplementary component that improves capability.
  • synonyms: accessory, appurtenance, add-on

verb

• Add as a supplement to what seems insufficient.
  • usage: "supplement your diet"
• Serve as a supplement to.
  • usage: "Vitamins supplemented his meager diet"
• Add to the very end.
  • usage: "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"
  • synonyms: append, add on, affix

• (v.t.) That which fills up, completes or makes an addition to, something already organized, arranged or set apart; specifically, a part added to or issued as a continuation of, a book or paper, to make good its deficiencies or correct its errors.
• (v.t.) To fill up or supply by addition; to add something to.
• (v.t.) The number of degrees which, if added to a specified arc, make it 180¡; the quantity by which an arc or an angle falls short of 180 degrees or an arc falls short of a semicircle.
• (v.t.) That which supplies a deficiency or meets a want; a store; a supply.