supply
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[edit] English
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- (verb, noun)
- (adverb)
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Verb
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to supply (third-person singular simple present supplies, present participle supplying, simple past and past participle supplied)
- (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
- (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
[edit] Translations
provide, make available for use
furnish or equip with
compensate for, make up for a deficiency of
act as a substitute
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[edit] Noun
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supply (plural supplies)
- (uncountable) The act of supplying.
- supply and demand
- (countable) An amount of something supplied.
- A supply of good drinking water is essential.
- (in plural) provisions.
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[edit] Translations
act of supplying
amount supplied
provisions
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[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Adverb
supply (comparative more supply, superlative most supply)
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- In a supple manner, with suppleness.

