well-supplied

well-sup·ply

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wel suh-plahy]
- /wɛl səˈplaɪ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [wel suh-plahy]
- /wɛl səˈplaɪ/

Definitions of well-supplied word

verb with object well-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 well-supplied to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a community. 1
verb with object well-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 well-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 well-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 well-supplied the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.: to begin the supply of household help. 1

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Origin of well-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 Well-supplied

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Well-supplied

well-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.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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