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- [suh-plahy]
- /səˈplaɪ/
- /səˈplaɪ/
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- [suh-plahy]
- /səˈplaɪ/
Definitions of supplies word
- verb with object supplies 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 supplies to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a community. 1
- verb with object supplies to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.): The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity. 1
- verb with object supplies 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 supplies 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 supplies the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.: to begin the supply of household help. 1
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Origin of supplies
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 Supplies
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
supplies 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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
supplies usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for supplies
noun supplies
- accoutrement — Accoutrements are all the things you have with you when you travel or when you take part in a particular activity.
- accoutrements — all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
- apparatus — The apparatus of an organization or system is its structure and method of operation.
- cache — A cache is a quantity of things such as weapons that have been hidden.
Antonyms for supplies
verb supplies
- counterclaims — Plural form of counterclaim.
- demands — Plural form of demand.
- duns — Plural form of dun.
- orders — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
noun supplies
- deprivations — Plural form of deprivation.
- famines — Plural form of famine.
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