supplied

From the verb supply: (⇒ conjugate)

supplied is: ⓘ

v past

v past p

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sup•ply¹ /səˈplaɪ/   v., -plied, -ply•ing, n., pl. -plies. 
v. 

1. to furnish (a person, thing, etc.) with what is needed:
   [~ + object + with + object] These foods supply the body with necessary vitamins and minerals.
2. to furnish or provide (something needed) to a person or thing:
   [~ + object (+ to + object)] The Aswan Dam supplied needed water to the region.

n. 

3. [uncountable] the act of supplying, furnishing, satisfying, etc.
4. something supplied:
   [countable] The storm cut off the city's water supply.
5. a quantity or amount of something available;
   stock or store:
   [countable] The store carries a large supply of swimwear.
6. Business the amount or quantity of a product that is in the market and available for purchase:
   [uncountable] the laws of supply and demand in the capitalist system.
7. Usually, supplies. [plural] an amount or store of food or other things necessary for maintaining an army, business, or other enterprise:
   [countable] bringing supplies to the war zone.

sup•pli•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

sup•ply¹  (sə plī′), v., -plied, -ply•ing, n., pl. -plies. 
v.t. 

1. 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.
2. to furnish or provide (something wanting or requisite):
   to supply electricity to a community.
3. to make up, compensate for, or satisfy (a deficiency, loss, need, etc.):
   The TVA supplied the need for cheap electricity.
4. to fill or occupy as a substitute, as a vacancy, a pulpit, etc.:
   During the summer local clergymen will supply the pulpit.

v.i. 

5. to fill the place of another, esp. the pulpit of a church, temporarily or as a substitute:
   Who will supply until the new minister arrives?

n. 

6. the act of supplying, furnishing, providing, satisfying, etc.:
   to begin the supply of household help.
7. something that is supplied:
   The storm cut off our water supply.
8. a quantity of something on hand or available, as for use;
   a stock or store:
   Did you see our new supply of shirts?
9. Usually, supplies. a provision, stock, or store of food or other things necessary for maintenance:
   to lay in supplies for the winter.
10. Business [Econ.] the quantity of a commodity that is in the market and available for purchase or that is available for purchase at a particular price.
11. Military supplies:
    • all items necessary for the equipment, maintenance, and operation of a military command, including food, clothing, arms, ammunition, fuel, materials, and machinery.
    • procurement, distribution, maintenance, and salvage of supplies.
12. a person who fills a vacancy or takes the place of another, esp. temporarily.
13. supplies. [Obs.] reinforcements.
14. [Obs.] aid.

• Middle French souplier, variant of soupleer Latin supplēre to fill up, equivalent. to sup- sup- + plēre to fill (see full¹); (noun, nominal) late Middle English: aid, succor, derivative of the verb, verbal
• (verb, verbal) Middle English sup(p)lien 1325–75

sup•pli′er, n. 

sup•ply²  (sup′lē), adv. 

1. in a supple manner or way;
   supplely.

• supple + -ly 1525–35

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supply / səˈplaɪ/ verb ( -plies, -plying, -plied)

1. (transitive) often followed by with: to furnish with something that is required
2. (tr; often followed by to or for) to make available or provide (something that is desired or lacking): to supply books to the library
3. (transitive) to provide for adequately; make good; satisfy: who will supply their needs?
4. to serve as a substitute, usually temporary, in (another's position, etc): there are no ministers to supply the pulpit
5. (transitive) to fill (a vacancy, position, etc)

noun ( -plies)

1. the act of providing or something that is provided
2. (as modifier): a supply dump
3. (often plural) an amount available for use; stock
4. (plural) food, equipment, etc, needed for a campaign or trip
5. willingness and ability to offer goods and services for sale
6. the amount of a commodity that producers are willing and able to offer for sale at a specified price
   Compare demand9
7. the management and disposal of food and equipment
8. (as modifier): supply routes
9. (often plural) a grant of money voted by a legislature for government expenses, esp those not covered by other revenues
10. (in Parliament and similar legislatures) the money voted annually for the expenses of the civil service and armed forces
11. a person who acts as a temporary substitute
12. (as modifier): a supply vicar
13. a source of electrical energy, gas, etc

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French souppleier, from Latin supplēre to complete, from sub- up + plēre to fill