Definitions of Supply [ˈsʌp li]

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Definition of 'Supply'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) supply
to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite:
supplying the poor with clothing.

2.  supply
to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite):
supplied needed water to the region.

3.  supply
to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.).

4.  supply
to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy or a pulpit.

5. (v.i.) supply
to substitute for another, esp. in the pulpit of a church.

6. (n.) supply
the act of supplying, furnishing, satisfying, etc.

7.  supply
something that is supplied:
the city's water supply.

8.  supply
a quantity of something on hand or available; stock or store:
a large supply of swimwear.

9.  supply
Usu., supplies. a provision, stock, or store of food or other things necessary for maintenance.

10.  supply
the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price.

11.  supply
supplies,

12.  supply
the food, clothing, arms, etc., necessary to equip a military command.

13.  supply
the department, officers, etc., in charge of procuring supplies.

14.  supply
a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily.

15. (adv.) supply
in a supple manner; supplely.

Etymology: (1525–35)

Definition of 'Supply'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) supply
an amount of something available for use

2. (noun) supply
offering goods and services for sale

3. (verb) provision, supply, supplying
the activity of supplying or providing something

4. (verb) supply, provide, render, furnish
give something useful or necessary to
"We provided the room with an electrical heater"

5. (verb) issue, supply
circulate or distribute or equip with
"issue a new uniform to the children"; "supply blankets for the beds"

6. (verb) provide, supply, ply, cater
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
"The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

7. (verb) add, append, supply
state or say further
"`It doesn't matter,' he supplied"

Definition of 'Supply'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) supply
an amount of sth that can be used
a steady supply of gasoline; Supplies of water are running out.

2. supply
the act or process of supplying sth
the supply of electricity to major northeastern cities

3. supply
in short supply
not easy to obtain or find; = scarce
Specialist teachers are in short supply.

4. (verb) supply
to provide things for people
a company that supplies natural gas to the region; We supply schools with art and craft materials.

Definition of 'Supply'

Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) Supply
serving to contain, deliver, or regulate a supply of anything; as, a supply tank or valve

2. (noun) Supply
the act of supplying; supplial

3. (noun) Supply
that which supplies a want; sufficiency of things for use or want

4. (noun) Supply
auxiliary troops or reenforcements

5. (noun) Supply
the food, and the like, which meets the daily necessities of an army or other large body of men; store; -- used chiefly in the plural; as, the army was discontented for lack of supplies

6. (noun) Supply
an amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures; generally in the plural; as, to vote supplies

7. (noun) Supply
a person who fills a place for a time; one who supplies the place of another; a substitute; esp., a clergyman who supplies a vacant pulpit

8. (verb) Supply
to fill up, or keep full; to furnish with what is wanted; to afford, or furnish with, a sufficiency; as, rivers are supplied by smaller streams; an aqueduct supplies an artificial lake; -- often followed by with before the thing furnished; as, to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition

9. (verb) Supply
to serve instead of; to take the place of

10. (verb) Supply
to fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of; as, to supply a pulpit

11. (verb) Supply
to give; to bring or furnish; to provide; as, to supply money for the war

Definition of 'Supply'

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms

1. Supply
The procurement, distribution, maintenance while in storage, and salvage of supplies, including the determination of kind and quantity of supplies. a. producer

Translation of 'Supply'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: 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.
Afrikaans: voorsien	Arabic: يُزَوِّد، يُمَوِّن	Bulgarian: доставям
Brazilian: fornecer	Czech: zásobovat, poskytnout	German: (be)liefern
Danish: forsyne; levere	Greek: εφοδιάζω	Spanish: proporcionar, abastecer
Estonian: varustama	Farsi: تامين كردن	Finnish: toimittaa
French: fournir, approvisionner	Hebrew: לְסַפֵּק	Hindi: सप्लाई करना
Croatian: snabdijevati, dobavljati	Hungarian: ellát	Indonesian: memasok
Icelandic: útvega, láta í té	Italian: fornire	Japanese: 供給する
Korean: 공급하다	Lithuanian: tiekti, aprūpinti	Latvian: apgādāt; piegādāt
Malay: membekalkan	Dutch: verschaffen	Norwegian: forsyne, levere, skaffe
Polish: dostarczać, zaopatrywać	Persian: تامين كردن	Pashto: تامینول
Portuguese: fornecer	Romanian: a furniza, a aproviziona	Russian: снабжать; давать;поставля
Slovak: dodávať; zásobovať; posky	Slovenian: preskrbeti	Serbian: snabdeti
Swedish: skaffa, tillhandahålla	Thai: จัดหาให้	Turkish: sağlamak, vermek
Taiwanese: 提供	Ukrainian: постачати; доставляти	Urdu: ضروریات مہیا کرنا
Vietnamese: cung cấp, tiếp tế	Chinese: 提供
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