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Supply

//səˈplaɪ// adv, noun, verb

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

    "His voice was playful and full; his back was bent supply."

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of supplying. uncountable
  2. 2
    the activity of supplying or providing something wordnet
  3. 3
    An amount of something supplied. countable

    "A supply of good drinking water is essential."

  4. 4
    offering goods and services for sale wordnet
  5. 5
    The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself. countable, uncountable

    "Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay."

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  1. 6
    an amount of something available for use wordnet
  2. 7
    Provisions. countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "They are busy laying in supplies for the coming winter."

  3. 8
    An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures. countable, in-plural, uncountable

    "to vote supplies"

  4. 9
    Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    To provide (something), to make (something) available for use. transitive

    "to supply money for the war"

  2. 2
    state or say further wordnet
  3. 3
    To furnish or equip with. transitive

    "to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition"

  4. 4
    give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance wordnet
  5. 5
    To fill up, or keep full. transitive

    "Rivers are supplied by smaller streams."

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  1. 6
    give something useful or necessary to wordnet
  2. 7
    To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of. transitive

    "It was objected against him that he had never experienced love. Whereupon he arose, left the society, and made it a point not to return to it until he considered that he had supplied the defect."

  3. 8
    circulate or distribute or equip with wordnet
  4. 9
    To serve instead of; to take the place of. transitive

    "Burning ships the banished sun supply."

  5. 10
    To act as a substitute. intransitive
  6. 11
    To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of. transitive

    "to supply a pulpit"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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.

Etymology 2

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.

Etymology 3

From supple + -ly.

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