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supplying

sup·ply
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [suh-plahy]
    • /səˈplaɪ/
    • /səˈplaɪ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [suh-plahy]
    • /səˈplaɪ/

Definitions of supplying word

  • verb with object supplying 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 supplying to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite): to supply electricity to a community. 1
  • verb with object supplying to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.): The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity. 1
  • verb with object supplying 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 supplying 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 supplying the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.: to begin the supply of household help. 1
See all 14 definitions of supplying

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Origin of supplying

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 Supplying

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Supplying

supplying 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".

supplying usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for supplying

adj supplying

  • commercial — Commercial means involving or relating to the buying and selling of goods.
  • in demand — popular, wanted, sought after
  • mercantile — of or relating to merchants or trade; commercial.

noun supplying

  • giving — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • issuance — the act of issuing.
  • issue — the act of sending out or putting forth; promulgation; distribution: the issue of food and blankets to flood victims.

adjective supplying

  • wholesaling — the sale of goods in quantity, as to retailers or jobbers, for resale (opposed to retail).
All 7 Synonyms of supplying

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    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.

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  • stall

    a pretext, as a ruse, trick, or the like, used to delay or deceive.

  • subaudition

    an act or instance of understanding or mentally supplying something not expressed.
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