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Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-plahy
Phonetic Transcription : səˈplaɪ

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Définition of supplies

Origin :
  • late 14c., "to help, support, maintain," also "fill up, make up for," from Old French supplier "fill up, make full," from Latin supplere "fill up, complete," from sub "up from below" + plere "to fill" (see pleio-). The meaning "furnish, provide" first recorded 1520s. Related: Supplied; supplying.
  • noun equipment, provisions
Example sentences :
  • I'm going to buy our supplies at that house, Stilly, if you have no objections.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • I was informed that it contained only two days' supplies for one brigade.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill
  • We took in supplies at sea, the object being to keep us from getting rusty.
  • Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • Besides, it supplies a deficiency which would have occurred had it been left out.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 15, July 9, 1870 » by Various
  • With these were also granted 6,000 oxen accustomed to the plough, as well as supplies of seeds, &c.
  • Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
  • My supplies and apparatus were stored on board and the crew were making ready to be off.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • "We'll have to have some supplies this afternoon," put in Ned.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • We have come out for supplies, and can scarce go back empty-handed.
  • Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Another month's supplies, sir—most of the stores was on the Vulcan, sir.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Dry Dock » by T. S. Stribling
  • No artillery was captured, but a great quantity of supplies was taken.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, Issue 10, Saturday, June 4, 1870 » by Various

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