adv
Meaning 1
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
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adv
Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
The act of supplying.
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Usage: uncountable
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noun
An amount of something supplied.
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Usage: countable
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noun
The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given price point; the amount itself.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: economics, sciences
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Antonyms: demand
noun
Provisions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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noun
An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.
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Usage: countable, in-plural, uncountable
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noun
Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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verb
To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: fulfill
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verb
To furnish or equip with.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To fill up, or keep full.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To compensate for, or make up a deficiency of.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To serve instead of; to take the place of.
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Usage: transitive
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verb
To act as a substitute.
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Usage: intransitive
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verb
To fill temporarily; to serve as substitute for another in, as a vacant place or office; to occupy; to have possession of.
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Usage: transitive
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noun
the activity of supplying or providing something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: provision, supplying
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: activity
Narrower terms: irrigation, feeding, alimentation, fueling, refueling, healthcare delivery, health care delivery, care delivery, issue, issuing, issuance, logistics, purveyance, stocking, subvention
noun
offering goods and services for sale
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: demand
Broader terms: economic process
noun
an amount of something available for use
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: indefinite quantity
Narrower terms: reservoir
verb
state or say further
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: add, append
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: state, say, tell
Narrower terms: slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert, toss in
verb
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: provide, ply, cater
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: give
Narrower terms: staff, drench, regale, treat, board, feed, give, serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish, cater, pander, pimp, procure, help, power, gratify, indulge, underlay, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil, horse, shower, accommodate, nourish, nurture, sustain, fix up, gutter
verb
give something useful or necessary to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: provide, render, furnish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: give
Narrower terms: hydrate, charge, date, feed, calk, fund, stint, skimp, scant, terrace, terrasse, dado, innervate, offer, signalize, signalise, extend, stock, buy in, stock up, caption, tube, ticket, rim, fret, step, rail, grate, capitalize, capitalise, alphabetize, wharf, air-cool, air-condition, uniform, railroad, partner, bewhisker, whisker, subtitle, headline, match, hobnail, wive, victual, surfeit, cloy, heat, seat, ramp, arm, interleave, glass, glaze, crenel, crenelate, crenellate, causeway, canal, canalize, canalise, bush, brattice, furnish, slat, berth, bed, computerize, computerise, costume, bottom, rafter, tool, key, fuel, provision, purvey, yield, give, afford, equip, fit, fit out, outfit, transistorize, transistorise, upholster, cleat, coal, corbel, cornice, constitutionalize, copper-bottom, curtain, gate, index, joint, articulate, pour, pump, fire, flood, oversupply, glut, toggle, patch, water, leverage, tap, top, top out, reflectorize, reflectorise, retrofit, border, edge, machicolate, sanitate, hat, theme, kern, headquarter, shelter
verb
circulate or distribute or equip with
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: issue
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: distribute
Narrower terms: unblock, unfreeze, free, release, reissue
History
From supple + -ly.
From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”). The Middle English spelling was modified to conform to Latin etymology.
Across languages
395 source translations are retained for this English entry.