[
US
/səˈpɫaɪ/
]
NOUN
- an amount of something available for use
- offering goods and services for sale
- the activity of supplying or providing something
VERB
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give something useful or necessary to
We provided the room with an electrical heater -
circulate or distribute or equip with
issue a new uniform to the children
supply blankets for the beds -
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
The hostess provided lunch for all the guests -
state or say further
`It doesn't matter,' he supplied
How To Use supply In A Sentence
- The Staff of Volans has a limited supply of magic energy. Roll a dice after each spell is cast.
- Our economy is unbalanced, money is in excess supply, and its circulation is completely divorced from the circulation of goods. Inside Perestroika: The Future of the Soviet Economy
- The abrupt facies shift, bioturbation and cemented nature of the surfaces suggests that they represent marine flooding surfaces, formed during a rapid rise in relative sea level and/or a reduction in sediment supply.
- Deefer took others off to see if there might not be a few plump wherries in the hills; they would make a nice change from the tough herdbeast meat, the supply of which was now virtually ex - hausted. Nerilka's Story
- Most organic farmers try to supply their nitrogen needs with legumes in the crop rotation or with manures and composts.
- That provides a powerful financial incentive for banks to supply more credit. Times, Sunday Times
- There are at least a dozen other restrictions aimed at preserving blood supply safety.
- Proper footgear for the Confederate infantry was in shortest supply.
- Before one embarks on this high flying experience, the organisers supply a crash helmet, and a safety waist belt which is securely tied with a long and strong rope to the huge multi-coloured parasail.
- In a healthy pregnancy, cells that come from the embryo's placenta-called trophoblast cells-move into the walls of the uterus and help to open up maternal arteries, thereby increasing the available blood and nutrient supply. Slate Articles