supply

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[edit] Etymology 1

Old French supplier

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to supply

Third person singular
supplies

Simple past
supplied

Past participle
supplied

Present participle
supplying

to 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.

[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

Singular
supply

Plural
supplies

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 plural) provisions.

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[edit] Translations
act of supplying
amount supplied
provisions
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[edit] Etymology 2

supple + -ly

[edit] Adverb

supply (comparative more supply, superlative most supply)

Positive
supply

Comparative
more supply

Superlative
most supply
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  1. In a supple manner, with suppleness.
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