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supply

UK/ˈsʌp.li/ US/sʌˈpʰɫaɪ/ common
verb (4) noun (3)

verb

1.

provide or furnish with

  • “We provided the room with an electrical heater”
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2.

circulate or distribute or equip with

  • “issue a new uniform to the children”
  • “supply blankets for the beds”
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3.

provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

  • “The hostess provided lunch for all the guests”
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4.

state or say further

  • “It doesn”
  • “he supplied”
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noun

1.

an amount of something available for use

2.

offering goods and services for sale

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3.

the activity of supplying or providing something

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Origin

From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology.

Phrases

  • blood supply
  • bulk supply
  • confidence and supply
  • furnish and supply
  • high on one's own supply
  • in short supply
  • line of supply
  • loss of supply
  • possession with intent to supply
  • supply up
  • surface-supplied diving

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