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supplied

sup·ply
S s

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-plahy]
    • /səˈplaɪ/
    • /səˈplaɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-plahy]
    • /səˈplaɪ/

Definitions of supplied word

  • verb with object supplied to furnish or provide (a person, establishment, place, etc.) with what is lacking or requisite: to supply someone clothing; to supply a community with electricity. 1
  • verb with object supplied to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a community. 1
  • verb with object supplied to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.): The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity. 1
  • verb with object supplied to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy, a pulpit, etc.: During the summer local clergymen will supply the pulpit. 1
  • verb without object supplied to fill the place of another, especially the pulpit of a church, temporarily or as a substitute: Who will supply until the new minister arrives? 1
  • noun plural supplied the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.: to begin the supply of household help. 1

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Origin of supplied

First appearance:

before 1325
One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; (v.) Middle English sup(p)lien < Middle French souplier, variant of soupleer ≪ Latin supplēre to fill up, equivalent to sup- sup- + plēre to fill (see full1); (noun) late Middle English: aid, succor, derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Supplied

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

supplied popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

supplied usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for supplied

adj supplied

  • armed — Someone who is armed is carrying a weapon, usually a gun.
  • fitted — adapted or suited; appropriate: This water isn't fit for drinking. A long-necked giraffe is fit for browsing treetops.

verb supplied

  • afforded — to be able to do, manage, or bear without serious consequence or adverse effect: The country can't afford another drought.
  • catered — Simple past tense and past participle of cater.
  • fueled — Simple past tense and past participle of fuel.
  • gave — simple past tense of give.
  • hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.

adjective supplied

  • appareled — Simple past tense and past participle of apparel.
  • endowed — Simple past tense and past participle of endow.
  • equipped — Supply with the necessary items for a particular purpose.
  • forthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
  • furnished — to supply (a house, room, etc.) with necessary furniture, carpets, appliances, etc.

noun supplied

  • backlogged — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
  • cashed — money in the form of coins or banknotes, especially that issued by a government.
  • dieted — Simple past tense and past participle of diet.
  • geared — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
  • inventoried — a complete listing of merchandise or stock on hand, work in progress, raw materials, finished goods on hand, etc., made each year by a business concern.

Antonyms for supplied

verb supplied

  • counterclaimed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterclaim.
  • demanded — to ask for with proper authority; claim as a right: He demanded payment of the debt.
  • dunned — to make repeated and insistent demands upon, especially for the payment of a debt.

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