supply
To provide (something), to make (something) available for use.
Example
“to supply money for the war”
Other meanings
To furnish or equip with.
“to supply a furnace with fuel; to supply soldiers with ammunition”
To fill up, or keep full.
“Rivers are supplied by smaller streams.”
Synonyms
- issue
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "suppleo" (to fill up, make full, complete, supply).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “supply” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.