English Explanatory Dictionary

supply

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
  2. To furnish or equip with.
  3. To fill up, or keep full.
  4. To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
  5. To serve instead of; to take the place of.
  6. To act as a substitute.
  7. To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
noun
  1. The act of supplying.
  2. An amount of something supplied.
  3. The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
  4. Provisions.
  5. An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
  6. Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
adv
  1. Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

Pronunciation

səplīʹ /səˈplaɪ/ en-us-supply.ogg sŭpʹlē /ˈsʌp.li/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-supply (adv).wav

Word forms

supply supplies supplying supplied more supply most supply supplely

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

provision fulfill

Antonyms

demand

Related words

suppletion

Derived words

oversupply resupply undersupply possession with intent to supply presupply suppliable supplial supplier supplyment supply up surface-supplied diving unsupplied agrosupply blood supply bulk supply confidence and supply furnish and supply high on one's own supply in short supply line of supply loss of supply money supply narcissistic supply perfectly elastic supply perfectly inelastic supply power supply price elasticity of supply self-supply supply and demand supply chain supply chain visibility supply curve supply depot supply line supply network supply priest supply shock supply side supply-side supply-side economics supply-sider supply teacher supply vessel uninterruptible power supply water supply
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