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Etymology 1

From Old French supplier < Latin supplere (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”).

Verb

to supply (third-person singular simple present supplies, present participle supplying, simple past and past participle supplied)

  1. (transitive) To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
  2. (transitive) To furnish or equip with.
  3. (transitive) To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
  4. (intransitive) To act as a substitute.
Translations
provide, make available for use
  • Chinese:
    Mandarin: 提供 cmn(cmn) (tígōng), 供應 cmn(cmn), 供应 cmn(cmn) (gōngyìng), 供給 cmn(cmn), 供给 cmn(cmn) (gōngjǐ)
  • Croatian: snàbdjeti hr(hr), opskr̀biti hr(hr)
  • Czech: poskytnout cs(cs)
  • Danish: levere da(da)
  • Estonian: varustama et(et)
  • Finnish: toimittaa fi(fi), hankkia fi(fi), tarjota fi(fi)
  • French: fournir fr(fr)
  • German: liefern de(de)
  • Hungarian: ellát hu(hu)
  • Italian: fornire it(it)
  • Japanese: 供給する ja(ja) (きょうきゅうする, kyōkyū suru)
  • Russian: снабжать (snabžát’) (impf.), снабдить (snabdít’) (pf.), поставлять (postavl'át') (impf.), поставить (postávit') (pf.)
  • Swedish: leverera sv(sv)
  • Telugu: అందించు (andinchu)
furnish or equip with
  • Hungarian: felszerel hu(hu)
  • Italian: rifornire it(it)
  • Russian: снабжать (snabžát’) (impf.), снабдить (snabdít’) (pf.), снаряжать (snar'ažát’) (impf.), снарядить (snar'adít’) (pf.)
  • Swedish: leverera sv(sv)
  • Telugu: అందించు (andinchu)
compensate for, make up for a deficiency of
  • Italian: supplire it(it)
  • Japanese: 埋め合わせる ja(ja) (umeawaseru), 補填する ja(ja) (hoten-suru)
  • Russian: пополнять (popoln'át') (impf.), пополнить (popólnit') (pf.)
  • Swedish: leverera sv(sv)
act as a substitute
  • Danish: vikariere
  • Finnish: toimia sijaisena
  • Hungarian: helyettesít hu(hu)
  • Italian: supplire it(it)
  • Japanese: 代理を務める ja(ja) (dairi wo tsutomeru)
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  • Arabic: زود (záwwada)
  • Chinese: 供給 (gōngjǐ)
  • Dutch: leveren
  • Korean: 공급하다 (gonggeuphada)
  • Portuguese: fornecer
  • Spanish: suministrar
  • Turkish: saglamak
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Noun

supply (plural supplies)

  1. (uncountable) The act of supplying.
    supply and demand
  2. (countable) An amount of something supplied.
    A supply of good drinking water is essential.
  3. (in plural) provisions.
Derived terms
Translations
act of supplying
  • German: Versorgen n.
  • Japanese: 供給 ja(ja) (きょうきゅう, kyōkyū)
  • Russian: снабжение ru(ru) (snabžénije) n., поставка ru(ru) (postávka) f.
amount supplied
  • Czech: zásoba cs(cs) f.
  • Danish: forsyning, leverance, lager, forsynings-, føde-
  • Finnish: tarjonta fi(fi)
  • German: Versorgung de(de) f.
  • Italian: fornitura it(it) f.
  • Japanese: 補給 ja(ja) (hokyū), Japanese: 供給 ja(ja) (きょうきゅう, kyōkyū)
  • Korean: 공급 (gonggeup)
  • Portuguese: provisão pt(pt) f.
  • Russian: запас ru(ru) (zapás) m.
  • Telugu: సరఫరా (sarapharaa) (1)
  • Turkish: arz tr(tr)
provisions
  • Danish: forråd n., beholdninger pl.
  • Finnish: eväät fi(fi), muona fi(fi)
  • German: Vorrat de(de) m.
  • Irish: lón ga(ga) m.
  • Italian: approvvigionamenti it(it) m. pl.
  • Japanese: 支給 ja(ja) (shikyū), 配給 ja(ja) (haikyū)
  • Russian: припасы (pripásy) pl.
  • Spanish: útil es(es)
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Etymology 2

supple + -ly

Adverb

supply (comparative more supply, superlative most supply)

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  1. In a supple manner, with suppleness.

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What is the effect on the supply of agricultural products of farmers using better fertilizers and pesticides?
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A. E
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