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Added 9 October 2026

supply

/səˈplaɪ/ verb

In Latin: cōpia Wiktionary

verb Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about supply at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
to supply money for the war
To furnish or equip with.
to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition
To fill up, or keep full.
Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.

noun

The act of supplying.
An amount of something supplied.
A supply of good drinking water is essential.
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.
Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.

adverb

Supplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

Origin

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.

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