Meaning

6 senses
  1. (uncountable)The act of supplying.

    Versorgung, Angebot

    снабже́ниеsnabžénije, поста́вкаpostávka, предложе́ниеpredložénije

    постача́нняpostačánnja, поста́вкаpostávka, забезпе́ченняzabezpéčennja

    the activity of supplying or providing something

  2. (countable)An amount of something supplied.

    A supply of good drinking water is essential.

    She said, "China has always had a freshwater supply problem with 20 percent of the world’s population but only 7 percent of its freshwater".

    Versorgung

    запа́сzapás

    запа́сzapás

    an amount of something available for use

  3. (countable, uncountable)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.

    The supply of timber to the region's mills was lower than expected this month, owing to transport problems posed by wildfires.

  4. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)Provisions.

    They are busy laying in supplies for the coming winter.

    Vorrat

    припа́сыpripásy

    припа́сиprypásy

  5. (countable, in the plural, uncountable)An amount of money provided, as by Parliament or Congress, to meet the annual national expenditures.

    to vote supplies

  6. (countable, uncountable)Somebody, such as a teacher or clergyman, who temporarily fills the place of another; a substitute.

Examples

572 sentences
  1. Unfortunately, the food supplies gave out before the end of winter.

    На жаль запаси продуктів закінчилися ще до завершення зими. — ChickenKiev

    ruК несчастью, запасы продуктов закончились ещё до окончания зимы. — Hellerick

    deLeider gingen die Nahrungsmittelvorräte vor Ende des Winters zu Ende. — raggione

  2. Food has been in short supply.

    Їжі не вистачає. — aandrusiak

  3. They supplied us with food.

    Вони постачали нам їжу. — ascolto

    ruОни поставляли нам еду. — sharptoothed

    deSie versorgten uns mit Nahrung. — Wolf

  4. Prices depend on supply and demand.

    Цiни залежать вiд попиту та пропозицiї. — rmdas

    ruЦены зависят от спроса и предложения. — salikh

    deDie Preise hängen von Angebot und Nachfrage ab. — Esperantostern

  5. They supplied the village with water.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 3
act of supplying:
amount supplied:
provisions:
Русский
By meaning 3
act of supplying:
amount supplied:
provisions:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
act of supplying:
provisions:

Origin

From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin sup

From Middle English supplien, borrowed from Old French soupleer, souploier, from Latin suppleo (“to fill up, make full, complete, supply”).

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Forms

plural: supplies
Singularsupply
Pluralsupplies

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

25 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • in short supply
  • medical supplies
  • short supply
  • supply and demand
  • food supply
  • supply can't keep
  • supply is running
  • some supplies
  • supply can't

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
supply — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto