Standard Lemma guide

resupply

noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɹiː.səˌplaɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪ
  • rhymes with -iːsəplaɪ
  • /ˌɹiː.səˈplaɪ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: R IY0 S AH0 P L AY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of supplying again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A package of materials used to replenish supplies.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Qualifier: backpacking

Topics: video-games

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To supply again.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To supply again.

To stock up on supplies again; synonym of restock.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive, transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English supply English resupply From re- + supply.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: avituallar — transitive
  • French: ravitailler — transitive
  • German: wiederbeliefern — transitive
  • Polish: zaopatrywać ponownie — transitive
  • Polish: zaopatrzyć ponownie — transitive
  • Portuguese: avitualhar — transitive
  • Romanian: reaproviziona — transitive
  • Spanish: avituallar — transitive
  • Spanish: vituallar — transitive
  • Finnish: hakea täydennyksiä — intransitive
  • German: wiederaufstocken — intransitive
  • Polish: zaopatrywać się ponownie — intransitive
  • Polish: zaopatrzyć się ponownie — intransitive
  • Romanian: se reaproviziona — intransitive
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