resupply
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- verb
- IPA(key): /ˌɹiː.sə.ˈplaɪ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- noun
Verb
[edit]resupply (third-person singular simple present resupplies, present participle resupplying, simple past and past participle resupplied)
- (transitive) To supply again.
- (intransitive) To stock up on supplies again; synonym of restock.
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Noun
[edit]resupply (countable and uncountable, plural resupplies)
- (uncountable) The act of supplying again.
- December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, 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).
- (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.
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