supply

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English

Alternative forms

• supplely

Pronunciation

• (verb, noun)
  • enPR: səplīʹ, IPA: /səˈplaɪ/, SAMPA: /s@"plaI/

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  • Rhymes: -aɪ
• (adverb)
  • enPR: sŭpʹlē, IPA: /ˈsʌpli/, SAMPA: /"sVpli/

Etymology 1

From Old French supplier, from Latin supplere (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”).

Verb

supply (third-person singular simple present supplies, present participle supplying, simple past and past participle supplied)

1. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
2. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
3. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
4. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.

Translations

provide, make available for use

Catalan: fornir (ca), subministrar (ca), proveir (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 提供 (cmn) (tígōng), 供應 (cmn), 供应 (cmn) (gōngyìng), 供給 (cmn), 供给 (cmn) (gōngjǐ) Croatian: snàbdjeti (hr), opskr̀biti (hr) Czech: poskytnout (cs) Danish: levere (da) Esperanto: provizi (eo) Estonian: varustama (et) Finnish: toimittaa (fi), hankkia (fi), tarjota (fi)

French: fournir (fr) German: liefern (de) Hungarian: ellát (hu) Italian: fornire (it) Japanese: 供給する (ja) (きょうきゅうする, kyōkyū suru) Russian: снабжать (snabžát’) impf., снабдить (snabdít’) pf., поставлять (postavl'át') impf., поставить (postávit') pf. Swedish: leverera (sv) Telugu: అందించు (andinchu) Yiddish: ליווערן (yi) (livern)

furnish or equip with

Chinese: Mandarin: 供給 (cmn), 供给 (cmn) (gōngjǐ) Croatian: snàbdjeti (hr), opskr̀biti (hr) Danish: levere, skaffe, yde Finnish: toimittaa (fi) German: liefern (de)

Hungarian: felszerel (hu) Italian: rifornire (it) Russian: снабжать (snabžát’) impf., снабдить (snabdít’) pf., снаряжать (snar'ažát’) impf., снарядить (snar'adít’) pf. Swedish: leverera (sv) Telugu: అందించు (andinchu)

compensate for, make up for a deficiency of

Danish: afhjælpe, erstatte Finnish: toimittaa, tyydyttää kysyntä German: liefern (de) Hungarian: pótol (hu)

Italian: supplire (it) Japanese: 埋め合わせる (ja) (umeawaseru), 補填する (ja) (hoten-suru) Russian: пополнять (popoln'át') impf., пополнить (popólnit') pf. Swedish: leverera (sv)

act as a substitute

Danish: vikariere Finnish: toimia sijaisena Hungarian: helyettesít (hu)

Italian: supplire (it) Japanese: 代理を務める (ja) (dairi wo tsutomeru)

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Arabic: زود (záwwada) Mandarin: 供給 (gōngjǐ) Dutch: leveren, aanleveren

Korean: 공급하다 (gonggeuphada) Portuguese: fornecer Spanish: suministrar Turkish: saglamak

Derived terms

• supplier

Related terms

• suppletion

Noun

supply (plural supplies)

1. (uncountable) The act of supplying.

   supply and demand

2. (countable) An amount of something supplied.

   A supply of good drinking water is essential.

3. (in the plural) provisions.

Derived terms

• supply teacher

Translations

act of supplying

Czech: nabídka (cs) f. Danish: udbud n. Estonian: varustus (et) Finnish: toimitus (fi), tarjonta (fi)

German: Versorgen n. Japanese: 供給 (ja) (きょうきゅう, kyōkyū) Russian: снабжение (ru) (snabžénije) n., поставка (ru) (postávka) f.

amount supplied

Czech: zásoba (cs) f. Danish: forsyning, leverance, lager, forsynings-, føde- Finnish: tarjonta (fi) German: Versorgung (de) f. Italian: fornitura (it) f. Japanese: 補給 (ja) (hokyū), Japanese: 供給 (ja) (きょうきゅう, kyōkyū)

Korean: 공급 (gonggeup) Portuguese: provisão (pt) f. Russian: запас (ru) (zapás) m. Telugu: సరఫరా (sarapharaa) (1) Turkish: arz (tr)

provisions

Danish: forråd n., beholdninger pl. Finnish: eväät (fi), muona (fi) German: Vorrat (de) m. Irish: lón (ga) m.

Italian: approvvigionamenti (it) m. pl. Japanese: 支給 (ja) (shikyū), 配給 (ja) (haikyū) Russian: припасы (pripásy) pl. Spanish: útil (es)

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Dutch: toevoer m., levering f.

Etymology 2

supple + -ly

Adverb

supply (comparative more supply, superlative most supply)

1. In a supple manner, with suppleness.

External links

• supply in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• supply in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• supply at OneLook Dictionary Search