How to pronounce supply

Say it like this: /səˈplaɪ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.

American/səˈplaɪ/
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What does supply mean?

verbTo provide (something), to make (something) available for use.

“to supply money for the war”

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.”

nounThe act of supplying.

An amount of something supplied.

“A supply of good drinking water is essential.”

The market force that causes sellers to be both willing and able to sell a good or service, as measured by the amount of that good or service that is currently available to be bought at any given pric

“Supply and demand ebb and flow in a complex interplay.”

advSupplely: in a supple manner, with suppleness.

“His voice was playful and full; his back was bent supply.”

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