NOUN | quantity | supply | an amount of something available for use |
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process | supply | offering goods and services for sale | |
act | supply, provision, supplying | the activity of supplying or providing something | |
VERB | possession | supply, provide, render, furnish | give something useful or necessary to |
social | supply, issue | circulate or distribute or equip with | |
consumption | supply, provide, ply, cater | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | |
communication | supply, add, append | state or say further |
Sounds | sahplay' | |
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Rhymes | alkali ... walleye: 28 rhymes with lay... |
Meaning | An amount of something available for use. | |
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Narrower | reservoir | A large or extra supply of something |
Broader | indefinite quantity | An estimated quantity |
Spanish | provisión, suministro | |
Verbs | supply | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance |
supply | give something useful or necessary to | |
supply | circulate or distribute or equip with |
Meaning | offering goods and services for sale. | |
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Broader | economic process | Any process affecting the production and development and management of material wealth |
Opposite | demand | The ability and desire to purchase goods and services |
Spanish | oferta | |
Catalan | oferta | |
Verbs | supply | circulate or distribute or equip with |
Meaning | The activity of supplying or providing something. | |
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Synonyms | provision, supplying | |
Narrower | feeding, alimentation | The act of supplying food and nourishment |
fueling, refueling | The activity of supplying or taking on fuel | |
healthcare delivery, health care delivery, care delivery | The provision of health care | |
irrigation | Supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc | |
issue, issuing, issuance | The act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity) | |
logistics | Handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed | |
purveyance | The act of supplying something | |
stocking | The activity of supplying a stock of something | |
subvention | The act or process of providing aid or help of any sort | |
Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
Spanish | abastecimiento, abasto, aprovisionamiento, oferta, provisión | |
Catalan | abastament, abast, oferta, provisió, subministrament | |
Verbs | supply | give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance |
supply | give something useful or necessary to | |
supply | circulate or distribute or equip with |
Meaning | Give something useful or necessary to. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something | |
Synonyms | provide, render, furnish | |
Entailed by | supplement | add as a supplement to what seems insufficient |
Narrower | air-cool, air-condition | equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature |
alphabetize | Provide with an alphabet | |
arm | Supply with arms | |
bed | Furnish with a bed | |
berth | Provide with a berth / berth | |
bewhisker, whisker | Furnish with whiskers | |
border, edge | Provide with a border or edge | |
bottom | Provide with a bottom or a seat / seat | |
brattice | Supply with a brattice, to ventilate mines | |
bush | Provide with a bushing | |
calk | Provide with calks | |
canal, canalize, canalise | Provide (a city) with a canal | |
capitalize, capitalise | Supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lenders | |
caption | Provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawing | |
causeway | Provide with a causeway | |
charge | energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge | |
cleat | Provide with cleats | |
coal | Supply with coal | |
computerize, computerise | Provide with computers | |
constitutionalize | Provide with a constitution, as of a country | |
copper-bottom | Provide with a copper bottom | |
corbel | Furnish with a corbel | |
cornice | Furnish with a cornice | |
costume | Furnish with costumes | |
crenel, crenelate, crenellate | Supply with battlements | |
curtain | Provide with drapery | |
dado | Provide with a dado | |
date | Provide with a dateline | |
equip, fit, fit out, outfit | Provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose | |
extend, offer | make available | |
feed | feed into | |
flood, oversupply, glut | Supply with an excess of | |
fret | Provide (a musical instrument) with frets | |
fuel | Provide with a combustible substance that provides energy | |
fuel, fire | Provide with fuel | |
fund | Provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of interest | |
furnish | Provide or equip with furniture | |
gate | Supply with a gate | |
glass, glaze | Furnish with glass | |
grate | Furnish with a grate | |
hat | Furnish with a hat | |
headline | Provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headline | |
headquarter | Provide with headquarters | |
heat | Provide with heat / heat / heat | |
hobnail | Supply with hobnails | |
hydrate | Supply water or liquid / liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance | |
index | Provide with an index | |
innervate | Supply nerves to (some organ or body part) | |
interleave | Provide (books) with blank leaves | |
joint, articulate | Provide with a joint | |
kern | Furnish with a kern | |
key | Provide with a key | |
leverage | Provide with leverage | |
machicolate | Supply with projecting galleries | |
match | Provide funds complementary to | |
offer | make available or accessible, provide or furnish | |
partner | Provide with a partner | |
patch | Provide with a patch | |
pour | Supply in large amounts or quantities | |
provision, purvey | Supply with provisions / provisions | |
pump | Supply in great quantities | |
rafter | Provide (a ceiling) with rafters | |
rail | Provide with rails | |
railroad | Supply with railroad lines | |
ramp | Furnish with a ramp | |
reflectorize, reflectorise | Provide with reflectors, such as chemicals | |
retrofit | Provide with parts, devices, or equipment not available or in use at the time of the original manufacture | |
rim | Furnish with a rim | |
sanitate | Provide with sanitary facilities or appliances | |
seat | Provide with seats / seats / seats | |
seat | Put a seat on a chair | |
shelter | Provide shelter / shelter for | |
signalize, signalise | Provide with traffic signals | |
slat | equip or bar with slats | |
step | Furnish with steps | |
stint, skimp, scant | Supply sparingly and with restricted quantities | |
stock, buy in, stock up | Amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use | |
stock | Provide or furnish with a stock of something | |
stock | Supply with livestock | |
stock | Supply with fish | |
subtitle | Supply (a movie) with subtitles | |
surfeit, cloy | Supply or feed to surfeit | |
tap | Furnish with a tap or spout, so as to be able to draw liquid / liquid from it | |
terrace, terrasse | Provide (a house) with a terrace | |
theme | Provide with a particular theme or motive | |
ticket | Provide with a ticket for passage or admission | |
toggle | Provide with a toggle or toggles | |
tool | Furnish with tools | |
top, top out | Provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure) | |
transistorize, transistorise | equip (an electronic circuit or device) with transistors | |
tube | Provide with a tube or insert / insert a tube into | |
uniform | Provide with uniforms | |
upholster | Provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers | |
victual | Supply with food | |
water | Provide with water | |
wharf | Provide with a wharf | |
wive | Provide with a wife | |
yield, give, afford | Be the cause or source of | |
Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
Spanish | abastecer, aportar, aprovisionar, dotar, entregar, facilitar, proporcionar, proveer, suministrar, suplir, surtir | |
Catalan | abastir, aportar, dotar, facilitar, prestar, proporcionar, proveir, subministrar | |
Nouns | supplier | someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity |
supply, supplying | the activity of supplying or providing something | |
supply | an amount of something available for use |
Meaning | circulate or distribute or equip with. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "supply blankets for the beds" | |
Synonym | issue | |
Narrower | free, release | make (information) available for publication |
reissue | issue (a new version of) | |
unblock, unfreeze, free, release | make (assets) available | |
Broader | distribute | make available |
Opposite | recall | make unavailable |
Spanish | abastar, abastecer, aprovisionar, dictar, facilitar, proveer, suministrar | |
Catalan | abastar, aprovisionar, dictar, facilitar, fornir, proveir, subministrar | |
Nouns | supply | the activity of supplying or providing something |
supply | offering goods and services for sale | |
supply | an amount of something available for use |
Meaning | Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
Synonyms | provide, ply, cater | |
Narrower | accommodate | Provide with something desired or needed |
board | Provide food and lodging (for) | |
cater | Supply food ready to eat | |
drench | Force to drink | |
feed, give | Give food to | |
feed | Serve as food for | |
feed | Provide as food | |
fit, conform to, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil | satisfy a condition or restriction | |
fix up | Find (something or someone) for | |
gratify, pander, indulge | Yield (to) | |
gutter | Provide with gutters | |
horse | Provide with a horse or horses | |
nourish, nurture, sustain | Provide with nourishment | |
pander, pimp, procure | Arrange for sexual partners for others | |
power | Supply the force or power for the functioning of | |
regale, treat | Provide with choice or abundant food or drink | |
serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish | Provide (usually but not necessarily food) | |
serve, help | Help to some food | |
shower | Provide abundantly with | |
staff | Provide with staff | |
underlay | Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing | |
Broader | give | transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody |
Spanish | abastecer, aportar, aprovisionar, cateraje, dotar, facilitar, ministrar, proporcionar, proveer, suministrar, surtir | |
Catalan | aportar, dotar, facilitar, proporcionar, subministrar | |
Nouns | supply | the activity of supplying or providing something |
supply | an amount of something available for use |
Meaning | state or say further. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Synonyms | add, append | |
Narrower | slip in, stick in, sneak in, insert | insert casually |
toss in | add casually to a conversation | |
Broader | state, say, tell | Express in words / words |
Spanish | agregar, añadir |
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