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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ply1 /səˈplaɪ/USA pronunciation v., -plied, -ply•ing, n., pl. -plies. v. - to furnish (a person, thing, etc.) with what is needed:[~ + object + with + object]These foods supply the body with necessary vitamins and minerals.
- to furnish or provide (something needed) to a person or thing:[~ + object (+ to + object)]The Aswan Dam supplied needed water to the region.
n. - [uncountable] the act of supplying, furnishing, satisfying, etc.
- something supplied:[countable]The storm cut off the city's water supply.
- a quantity or amount of something available;
stock or store:[countable]The store carries a large supply of swimwear. - Business the amount or quantity of a product that is in the market and available for purchase:[uncountable]the laws of supply and demand in the capitalist system.
- Usually, supplies. [plural] an amount or store of food or other things necessary for maintaining an army, business, or other enterprise:[countable]bringing supplies to the war zone.
sup•pli•er, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ply1 (sə plī′),USA pronunciation v., -plied, -ply•ing, n., pl. -plies. v.t. - to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite:to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity.
- to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite):to supply electricity to a community.
- to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.):The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity.
- to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy, a pulpit, etc.:During the summer local clergymen will supply the pulpit.
v.i. - to fill the place of another, esp. the pulpit of a church, temporarily or as a substitute:Who will supply until the new minister arrives?
n. - the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.:to begin the supply of household help.
- something that is supplied:The storm cut off our water supply.
- a quantity of something on hand or available, as for use;
a stock or store:Did you see our new supply of shirts? - Usually, supplies. a provision, stock, or store of food or other things necessary for maintenance:to lay in supplies for the winter.
- Business[Econ.]the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price.
- Military supplies:
- all items necessary for the equipment, maintenance, and operation of a military command, including food, clothing, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery.
- procurement, distribution, maintenance, and salvage of supplies.
- a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily.
- supplies. [Obs.]reinforcements.
- [Obs.]aid.
- Middle French souplier, variant of soupleer Latin supplēre to fill up, equivalent. to sup- sup- + plēre to fill (see full1); (noun, nominal) late Middle English: aid, succor, derivative of the verb, verbal
- (verb, verbal) Middle English sup(p)lien 1325–75
- in a supple manner or way;
supplely.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: supply /səˈplaɪ/ vb ( -plies, -plying, -plied)- (transitive) often followed by with: to furnish with something that is required
- (tr; often followed by to or for) to make available or provide (something that is desired or lacking): to supply books to the library
- (transitive) 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
- (transitive) Brit to fill (a vacancy, position, etc)
n ( pl -plies)- 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
- 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 - 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
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French souppleier, from Latin supplēre to complete, from sub- up + plēre to fill sup•ple /ˈsʌpəl/USA pronunciation adj., -pler, -plest. - bending easily without breaking; flexible:supple tubing.
- showing ease in bending;
limber, lithe, or graceful:supple movements. - easily able to adapt, as in one's thinking or reactions to events:Her supple nature enables her to accept change.
sup•ple•ness, n. [uncountable] sup•ply /ˈsʌpli/USA pronunciation adv. See -plic-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024sup•ple (sup′əl),USA pronunciation adj., -pler, -plest, v., -pled, -pling. adj. - bending readily without breaking or becoming deformed;
pliant;
flexible:a supple bough. - characterized by ease in bending;
limber;
lithe:supple movements. - characterized by ease, responsiveness, and adaptability in mental action.
- compliant or yielding.
- obsequious;
servile.
v.t., v.i. - to make or become supple.
- Latin supplic- (stem of supplex) submissive, suppliant, equivalent. to sup- sup- + -plic-, variously explained as akin to plicāre to fold1, bend (thus meaning "bent over''; compare complex), or to plācāre to placate (thus meaning "in the attitude of a suppliant''); (verb, verbal) Middle English supplen to soften, derivative of the noun, nominal (compare Old French asoplir)
- Old French: soft, yielding, lithe
- (adjective, adjectival) Middle English souple flexible, compliant 1250–1300
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