resupply

English

Etymology

re- +‎ supply

Pronunciation

verb

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiː.sə.ˈplaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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noun

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.sə.ˌplaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪ, -iːsəplaɪ

Verb

resupply (third-person singular simple present resupplies, present participle resupplying, simple past and past participle resupplied)

1. (transitive) To supply again.
2. (intransitive) To stock up on supplies again.

Translations

transitive

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• Finnish: täydentää (fi) (to fill supplies; also see translations at supply + uudelleen (“again”))
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• German: wiederbeliefern
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• Polish: zaopatrywać ponownie, zaopatrzyć ponownie pf
• Romanian: reaproviziona (ro)
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intransitive

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• Finnish: hakea täydennyksiä, täydentää (fi) (to fill supplies; also see translations at supply + uudelleen (“again”))
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• German: wiederaufstocken
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• Polish: zaopatrywać się ponownie, zaopatrzyć się ponownie pf
• Romanian: se reaproviziona
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Noun

resupply (countable and uncountable, plural resupplies)

1. (uncountable) The act of supplying again.
   • December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger and Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine‎^[1]:

     Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS).

2. (countable, backpacking, video games) A package of materials used to replenish supplies.
   • 2003, Buck Tilton, Trekker's Handbook: Strategies to Enhance Your Journey‎^[2]:

     A resupply gives you the chance to refill your fuel bottle as well as your food bag.