1supply1 (səˈplaɪ
)
Definitions
verb
- (tr) with to furnish with something that is required ⇒
to supply the community with good government
- (tr; often foll by to or for) to make available or provide (something that is desired or lacking) ⇒
to supply books to the library
- (tr) to provide for adequately; make good; satisfy ⇒
who will supply their needs?
- to serve as a substitute, usually temporary, in (another's position, etc) ⇒
there are no clergymen to supply the pulpit
- (tr) British to fill (a vacancy, position, etc)
noun
- the act of providing or something that is provided
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a supply dump
- (often plural) an amount available for use; stock
- (plural) food, equipment, etc, needed for a campaign or trip
- economics
- willingness and ability to offer goods and services for sale
- the amount of a commodity that producers are willing and able to offer for sale at a specified price Compare demand (sense 9)
- military
- the management and disposal of food and equipment
- ((as modifier) ⇒
supply routes
- (often plural) a grant of money voted by a legislature for government expenses, esp those not covered by other revenues
- (in Parliament and similar legislatures) the money voted annually for the expenses of the civil service and armed forces
- a person who acts as a temporary substitute
- ((as modifier) ⇒
a supply vicar
- a source of electrical energy, gas, etc
- obsolete aid or assistance
Alternative Forms
supˈpliable adjective supˈplier nounWord Origin
C14: from Old French souppleier, from Latin supplēre to complete, from sub- up + plēre to fillTranslations
- British English:
supply
A supply of something is an amount of it which is available for use. If something is in short supply, there is very little of it available.The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen.səˈplaɪ NOUN The brain requires a constant supply of oxygen.
- Spanish:
suministro
nm
- French:
réserve
nf
- German:
Lieferung
nf
- Chinese: 供应 n
- Arabic: إِمْدَاد n
- Portuguese: fornecimento nm
- Russian: снабжение nnt
- Croatian: opskrba nf
- Czech: zásobování nnt
- Danish: forsyning nutr
- Dutch: voorraad nm
- Finnish: tavaran toimitus n
- Greek: παροχή nf
- Italian: fornitura nf
- Japanese: 供給 n
- Korean: 공급 n
- Norwegian: forsyning nm
- Polish: zaopatrzenie nnt
- Brazilian Portuguese: fornecimento nm
- European Spanish:
suministro
nm
- Swedish: leverans nutr
- Thai: สิ่งที่จัดหาให้ n
- Turkish: malzeme temin etme n
- Vietnamese: sự cung cấp n
- British English:
supply
If you supply someone with something, you provide them with it.This pipeline will supply the city with gas.səˈplaɪ VERB This pipeline will supply the city with gas.
- Spanish:
suministrar
v
- French:
fournir
v
- German:
liefern
v
- Chinese: 供应 v
- Arabic: يُزَوِّدُ v
- Portuguese: fornecer v
- Russian: снабжать v
- Croatian: opskrbiti v
- Czech: dodat v dodávat
- Danish: forsyne v
- Dutch: leveren v
- Finnish: toimittaa v
- Greek: προμηθεύω v
- Italian: fornire v
- Japanese: 供給する v
- Korean: 공급하다 v
- Norwegian: forsyne v
- Polish: dostarczyć v dostarczać
- Brazilian Portuguese: fornecer v
- European Spanish:
suministrar
v
- Swedish: tillhandahålla v
- Thai: จัดหา v
- Turkish: temin etmek v
- Vietnamese: cung cấp v
Usage examples
I suspect you could supply enough bodies to keep us both happy.
, THE LAST TEMPTATION (2002)For a welcome over-wintering supply , sow again in August to enable the seedling plants to toughen up for the long, cold spell ahead.
Country Life (2004)The companies listed are ones which have failed to supply certain basic information to the Revenue Commissioners.
Irish Times (2002)For the destroyer refits for example, knowing there are five to do, economies can be obtained in the supply chain.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Leighton Jones organised a supply of monkeys from his friend the Sultan of Johor.
, THE MEDICAL MYSTERIES E-OMNIBUS (2001)