supply

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Alternative forms

• supplely

Pronunciation

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

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

Etymology 1

From Old French souploier, 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)

• Czech: poskytnout (cs)
• Danish: levere (da)
• Esperanto: provizi (eo)
• Estonian: varustama (et)
• Finnish: toimittaa (fi), hankkia (fi), tarjota (fi)
• French: fournir (fr), approvisionner (fr)
• German: versorgen (de), zur Verfügung stellen (de), versorgen (de), liefern (de), beliefern (de)

• Hungarian: ellát (hu)
• Italian: fornire (it)
• Japanese: 供給する (ja) (きょうきゅうする, kyōkyū suru)
• Lojban: sabji (jbo)
• Portuguese: suprir (pt), prover (pt)
• Russian: снабжать (ru) (snabžátʹ) impf., снабдить (ru) (snabdítʹ) pf., поставлять (ru) (postavljátʹ) impf., поставить (ru) (postávitʹ) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: snàbdjeti (sh), opskr̀biti (sh)
• Spanish: proveer (es), abastecer (es), suministrar (es)
• Swedish: förse (sv), tillgodose (sv), leverera (sv)
• Telugu: అందించు (andinchu)
• Yiddish: ליווערן (yi) (livern)

furnish or equip with

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 供給 (cmn), 供给 (cmn) (gōngjǐ)

• Danish: levere, skaffe, yde
• Finnish: toimittaa (fi)
• German: liefern (de), ausrüsten (de)
• Hungarian: felszerel (hu)
• Italian: rifornire (it)

• Lojban: sabji (jbo)
• Russian: снабжать (ru) (snabžátʹ) impf., снабдить (ru) (snabdítʹ) pf., снаряжать (ru) (snarjažátʹ) impf., снарядить (ru) (snarjadítʹ) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: snàbdjeti (sh), opskr̀biti (sh)
• Spanish: proveer (es), equipar (es), municionar (es)
• Swedish: förse (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 (ru) (popolnjátʹ) impf., пополнить (ru) (popólnitʹ) pf.
• Swedish: supplera (sv), avhjälpa (sv), gottgöra (sv)

act as a substitute

• Danish: vikariere
• Finnish: toimia sijaisena
• German: vertreten (de)
• Hungarian: helyettesít (hu)

• Italian: supplire (it)
• Japanese: 代理を務める (ja) (dairi o tsutomeru)
• Spanish: suplir (es)
• Swedish: supplera (sv) (rare)

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

• Korean: 공급하다 (gonggeuphada)
• Portuguese: fornecer
• 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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 供給 (cmn), 供给 (cmn) (gōngjǐ)

• Czech: nabídka (cs) f
• Danish: udbud n, udbud (da) n
• Estonian: varustus (et)

• Finnish: toimitus (fi), tarjonta (fi)
• French: approvisionnement (fr)
• German: Angebot (de) n, Versorgen (de) n
• Japanese: 供給 (ja) (きょうきゅう, kyōkyū)
• Russian: снабжение (ru) (snabžénije) n, поставка (ru) (postávka) f, предложение (ru) (predložénije) n

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) (ほきゅう, hokyū), Japanese: 供給 (ja) (きょうきゅう, kyōkyū)

• Korean: 공급 (ko) (gonggeup)
• Portuguese: provisão (pt) f
• Russian: запас (ru) (zapás) m
• Spanish: abasto (es) m, abastecimiento (es) m, suministro (es) m
• Telugu: సరఫరా (sarapharaa) (1)
• Turkish: arz (tr)

provisions

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

• Italian: approvvigionamenti (it) m pl
• Japanese: 支給 (ja) (しきゅう, shikyū), 配給 (ja) (はいきゅう, haikyū)
• Russian: припасы (pripásy) pl
• Spanish: útil (es)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: toevoer m, levering f

Etymology 2

supple +‎ -ly

Adverb

supply (comparative more supply, superlative most supply)

1. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
   • 1906, Ford Madox Ford, The fifth queen: and how she came to court, page 68:

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

   • 1938, David Leslie Murray, Commander of the mists:

     […] the rain struck on her head as she bent supply to the movements of the pony, while it scrambled up the bank to the sheltering trees. For a couple of miles the path ran through woods alive with the varied voices of the rain, […]

   • 1963, Johanna Moosdorf, Next door:

     She swayed slightly in the gusts, bent supply to them and seemed at one with the force which Straup found so hostile.

   • 1988, Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович Шо́лохов (Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov), Quiet flows the Don (translated), volume 1, page 96:

     Grigory hesitantly took her in his arms to kiss her, but she held him off, bent supply backwards and shot a frightened glance at the windows.

     'They'll see!'

     'Let them!'

     'I'd be ashamed—'

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