supply
Meaning
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- To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
- To furnish or equip with.
- To fill up, or keep full.
- To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
- To serve instead of; to take the place of.
- To act as a substitute.
- To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
Synonyms
purvey
yield
provide for
make up for
pass around
result in
screen off
source of power
storage room
act as agent
act as go-between
fit with
make available
provide with
supply source
military supplies
act as a substitute
kit up
set up with
stor
procural
current source
offer bid
make sufficient
support reinforce
source of voltage
electric source
electrical supply
source of power supply
be full
cause to take place
compensate for
denounce
Frequency
Hyphenated as
sup‧ply
Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈplaɪ/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology.
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