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sup·ply  (s-pl)

v. sup·plied, sup·ply·ing, sup·plies

v.tr.

1. To make available for use; provide.

2. To furnish or equip with: supplied sheets for every bed.

3. To fill sufficiently; satisfy: supply a need.

4. To make up for (a deficiency, for example); compensate for.

5. To serve temporarily as a substitute in (a church, for example).

v.intr.

To fill a position as a substitute.

n. pl. sup·plies

1. The act of supplying.

2. Something that is or can be supplied.

3. An amount available or sufficient for a given use; stock.

4. Materials or provisions stored and dispensed when needed. Often used in the plural.

5. Economics The amount of a commodity available for meeting a demand or for purchase at a given price.

6. A cleric serving as a substitute or temporary pastor.

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[Middle English supplien, to help, complete, furnish with additional troops, from Old French soupleer, to fill up, from Latin supplre : sub-, from below; see sub- + plre, to fill; see pel-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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sup·plier n.

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supply

Verb

[-plies, -plying, -plied]

to provide with something required: Nigeria may supply them with oil

Noun

pl -plies

1. the act of providing something

2. an amount available for use; stock: electricity supply

3. supplies food and equipment needed for a trip or military campaign

4. Econ the amount of a commodity that producers are willing and able to offer for sale at a specified price: supply and demand

5. a person who acts as a temporary substitute

Adjective

acting as a temporary substitute: supply teachers [Latin supplere to complete]

supplier n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	supply - an amount of something available for use indefinite quantity - an estimated quantity reservoir - a large or extra supply of something; "a reservoir of talent"
	2.	supply - offering goods and services for sale economic process - any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth demand - the ability and desire to purchase goods and services; "the automobile reduced the demand for buggywhips"; "the demand exceeded the supply"
	3.	supply - the activity of supplying or providing something supplying, provision activity - any specific behavior; "they avoided all recreational activity" irrigation - supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc alimentation, feeding - the act of supplying food and nourishment fueling, refueling - the activity of supplying or taking on fuel care delivery, health care delivery, healthcare delivery - the provision of health care issuance, issuing, issue - the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity); "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago" logistics - handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed purveyance - the act of supplying something stocking - the activity of supplying a stock of something; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout" subvention - the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort
Verb	1.	supply - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" furnish, provide, render hydrate - supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently" charge - energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery" date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated" feed - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity" calk - provide with calks; "calk horse shoes" give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care" fund - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest stint, scant, skimp - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance" terrace, terrasse - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house" dado - provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room" innervate - supply nerves to (some organ or body part) offer - make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms" signalise, signalize - provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection" extend, offer - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages" stock - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat" buy in, stock up, stock - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low" caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing tube - provide with a tube or insert a tube into ticket - provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now" stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm" stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake" rim - furnish with a rim; "rim a hat" fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar" step - furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace" rail - provide with rails; "The yard was railed" grate - furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace" capitalise, capitalize - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders alphabetize - provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages" wharf - provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river" air-cool, air-condition - equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature; "Our house is not air-conditioned" uniform - provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed" railroad - supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West" partner - provide with a partner bewhisker, whisker - furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey" subtitle - supply (a movie) with subtitles headline - provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline match - provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions" hobnail - supply with hobnails wive - provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wife victual - supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war" cloy, surfeit - supply or feed to surfeit heat - provide with heat; "heat the house" seat - provide with seats; "seat a concert hall" seat - put a seat on a chair ramp - furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium" arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan" interleave - provide (books) with blank leaves glass, glaze - furnish with glass; "glass the windows" crenel, crenelate, crenellate - supply with battlements
	2.	supply - circulate or distribute or equip with; "issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds" issue unfreeze, unblock, release, free - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" reissue - issue (a new version of); "if you forget your password, it can be changed and reissued" distribute - make available; "The publisher wants to distribute the book in Asia" free, release - make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
	3.	supply - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" cater, ply, provide staff - provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed" drench - force to drink regale, treat - provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night" board - provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men" feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat" feed - serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six" dish, dish up, serve up, dish out, serve - provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show" cater - supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquets pimp, procure, pander - arrange for sexual partners for others help, serve - help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself" power - supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines" feed - provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts" pander, gratify, indulge - yield (to); give satisfaction to underlay - provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay the boards with joists" fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or need horse - provide with a horse or horses shower - provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents" accommodate - provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?" nourish, nurture, sustain - provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children" fix up - find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl" gutter - provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings" give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
	4.	supply - state or say further; "`It doesn't matter,' he supplied" add, append say, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert - insert casually; "She slipped in a reference to her own work" toss in - add casually to a conversation; "`I don't agree with this,' she tossed in"

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supply

verb 1. provide, give, furnish, produce, stock, store, grant, afford, contribute, yield, come up with, outfit, endow, purvey, victual

verb 2. furnish, provide, equip, endow

verb 3. meet, provide for, fill, satisfy, fulfil, be adequate for, cater to or for

noun 4. store, fund, stock, source, reserve, quantity, reservoir, stockpile, hoard, cache

plural noun 5. provisions, necessities, stores, food, materials, items, equipment, rations, foodstuff, provender

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The procurement, distribution, maintenance while in storage, and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind and quantity of supplies. a. producer phase--That phase of military supply that extends from determination of procurement schedules to acceptance of finished supplies by the Military Services. b. consumer phase--That phase of military supply which extends from receipt of finished supplies by the Military Services through issue for use or consumption.

Translations

supply [səˈplaɪ] vt (= provide) → suministrar [+ information]; facilitar (= fill) [+ need, want] → suplir, satisfacer (= equip): to supply (with) → proveer (de)

n → provisión f [of gas, water etc] → suministro

adj (BRIT) [teacher etc] → suplente;

supplies npl (= food) → víveres mpl;

(MIL) → pertrechos mpl;

office supplies → materiales mpl para oficina;

to be in short supply → escasear, haber escasez de;

the electricity/water/gas supply → el suministro de electricidad/agua/gas;

supply and demand → la oferta y la demanda

supply [səˈplaɪ] vt (= provide) → fournir (= equip);

to supply (with) → approvisionner or ravitailler (en); fournir (en) [+ system, machine];

to supply sth (with sth) → alimenter qch (en qch) [+ a need]; répondre à n → provision f, réserve f (= supplying); approvisionnement m;

(Tech) → alimentation f;

supplies npl (= food) → vivres mpl;

(Mil) → subsistances fpl;

office supplies → fournitures fpl de bureau;

to be in short supply → être rare, manquer;

the electricity/water/gas supply → l'alimentation f en électricité/eau/gaz;

supply and demand → l'offre f et la demande;

it comes supplied with an adaptor → il (or elle) est pourvu(e) d'un adaptateur

supply [səˈplaɪ] vt → liefern;

(provide) → sorgen für;

(a need) → befriedigen

n → Vorrat m;

(supplying) → Lieferung f;

supplies npl (food) → Vorräte pl;

(Mil) → Nachschub m;

to supply sth to sb → jdm etw liefern;

to supply sth with sth → etw mit etw versorgen;

it comes supplied with an adaptor → es wird mit einem Adapter geliefert;

office supplies → Bürobedarf m;

to be in short supply → knapp sein;

the electricity/water/gas supply → die Strom-/Wasser-/Gasversorgung f;

supply and demand → Angebot nt und Nachfrage

supply [səˈplaɪ] vt [+ goods]: to supply sth (to sb) → fornire qc (a qn) [+ people, organization]: to supply sb (with sth) → fornire a qn (qc) [+ system, machine]: to supply sth (with sth) → alimentare qc (con qc) [+ a need]; soddisfare

n → riserva, provvista (= supplying); approvvigionamento;

(TECH) → alimentazione f;

supplies npl (= food) → viveri mpl;

(MIL) → sussistenza;

office supplies → forniture fpl per ufficio;

to be in short supply → scarseggiare, essere scarso/a;

the electricity/water/gas supply → l'erogazione f di corrente/d'acqua/di gas;

supply and demand → la domanda e l'offerta;

the car comes supplied with a radio → l'auto viene fornita completa di radio

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supply

v supply [səˈplai]

to give or provide Who is supplying the rebels with guns and ammunition?; Extra paper will be supplied by the teacher if it is needed; The town is supplied with water from a reservoir in the hills; The shop was unable to supply what she wanted. voorsien يُزَوِّد، يُمَوِّن доставям zásobovat, poskytnout forsyne; levere (be)liefern εφοδιάζω proporcionar, abastecer varustama تامين كردن toimittaa fournir, approvisionner לְסַפֵּק सप्लाई करना snabdijevati, dobavljati ellát memasok útvega, láta í té fornire 供給する ...을 공급하다 tiekti, aprūpinti apgādāt; piegādāt membekalkan verschaffen forsyne, levere, skaffe dostarczać, zaopatrywać fornecer a furniza, a aproviziona снабжать; давать;поставлять dodávať; zásobovať; poskytnúť preskrbeti snabdeti skaffa, tillhandahålla จัดหาให้ sağlamak, vermek 提供 постачати; доставляти ضروریات مہیا کرنا cung cấp, tiếp tế 提供

n

1 the act or process of supplying. voorsiening تَزْويد доставка zásobování, dodávání forsyning; levering die Lieferung εφοδιασμός suministro, provisión, abastecimiento varustamine تامين toimitus approvisionnement הספָּקָה सप्लाई opsrkbljivanje, snabdijevanje ellátás pemasokan útvegun fornitura, approvvigionamento 供給 공급 tiekimas, aprūpinimas apgāde; piegāde pembekalan levering forsyning, levering, tilgang zaopatrywanie, zaopatrzenie fornecimento apro­vizionare снабжение; поставка zásobovanie, dodávanie oskrbovanje snabdevanje anskaffning, tillhandahållande การจัดหา; การจัดส่ง sağlama, verme 供給 постачання; поставка ضروریات کی فراہمی sự cung cấp 供给

2 (often in plural) an amount or quantity that is supplied; a stock or store She left a supply of food for her husband when she went away for a few days; Who will be responsible for the expedition's supplies?; Fresh supplies will be arriving soon. voorraad مَؤونَه припаси zásoba forråd; forsyning der Vorrat προμήθειες provisión; existencias varu, tagavara ذخيره varasto, varusteet approvisionnement, stocks אַספָּקָה पूर्ति संभरण, संचय isporuka, zaliha ellátmány persediaan birgðir scorta, provvista 蓄え 공급량; 보급(품); 재고(량) atsarga krājumi; rezerve bekalan voorraad lager, forråd, forsyning zapas provisOes aprovizionare, stoc запас; припасы zásoba zaloga zalihe förråd, proviant จำนวนของที่ส่ง stok, mevcut 供應品，(儲備)物資 продовольство, провіант رسد nguồn, hàng cung cấp 供应品，（储备）物资

be in short supply

(of goods etc) to be scarce Bread is in short supply. skaars نادِر، قَليل дефицитен být nedostatkový være mangel på knapp sein σε έλλειψη ή ανεπάρκεια haber escasez (de), escasear lõpukorral كمياب olla vähissä en quantité être réduite יֵש מַחסוֹר בְּ- कमी, अभाव kojega vlada nestašica, kojega nema dovoljno nem kapható kurang vera af skornum skammti scarseggiare 不足して (물건이) 부족하다 stigti, trūkti trūkt; būt nepietiekamā daudzumā tidak mencukupi schaars ha liten tilgang på brakować estar em falta a lipsi быть дефицитным byť nedostatkový primanjkovati na izmaku zalihe vara brist på ขาดแคลน kıt olmak 供應不足 бути недостатнім, дефіцитним اشیا کی کمی ہونا khan hiếm 供应不足