supply in English: An amount of something that is ready to be used; as a verb, to give people the things they need. (noun)

Translation

An amount of something that is ready to be used; as a verb, to give people the things they need.

Word origin

From Latin supplere, meaning to fill up.

Gender

Pluralsuppliesirregular

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A "supply" is an amount that is ready to use.

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"Supplies" means the food and other things people need.

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Here "supply" is a verb: to give what is needed.

provide

To give someone something they need or want.

deliver

To take letters, food or goods to the place where someone is waiting for them.

store

A big shop, or a place where things are kept until they are needed.

food

Food is anything that people or animals eat to stay alive and grow.

need

To have to have something because it is important or necessary.

resource

Something useful that a person, a company, or a country has and can use, like money, water, or oil.

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