word-vault/dist/data/cards/su/supply.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "supply",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "an amount of something that is provided or available to be used",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Advances in agriculture increased the **food supply**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Demand for skilled labour **outstrips supply**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We ordered a month's supply of oil."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We cannot guarantee adequate supplies of raw materials."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Supplies of food are almost exhausted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "By the end of the winter the supply of grain was severely depleted."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Domestic coal supplies were more plentiful in the 1950s."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has an endless supply of corny jokes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hurry, as we only have a limited supply of these TVs in stock!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I went to the office supply store."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The injured climbers had only meagre supplies of water and peanuts to live off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is impossible to measure the total supply of money in circulation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure you have an adequate supply of brochures."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The body needs a fresh supply of vitamin C every day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The farmers depend on a casual labour supply at harvest time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The studio produced a steady supply of good films."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There will soon be a shortfall in supply of qualified young people."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We should lay in a good supply of beer for the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a supply of spare batteries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the provision of a reliable supply of clean water to rural communities"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["total", "available", "endless"],
                "verb + supply": ["have", "get", "lay in"],
                "supply + verb": ["increase", "fall", "exceed demand"],
                "supply + noun": ["chain", "line", "network"],
                "preposition": ["supply of", "supply to"],
                "phrases": [
                    "be in short supply",
                    "demand and supply",
                    "supply and demand"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the things such as food, medicines, fuel, etc. that are needed by a group of people, for example an army or expedition",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Our supplies were running out."
                },
                {
                    "text": "food and **medical supplies** for refugees"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Red Cross flew emergency food supplies into the war zone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Rebel action threatened relief supplies."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["abundant", "plentiful", "limited"],
                "verb + supplies": ["bring", "bring in", "lay in"],
                "supplies + verb": ["hold out", "last", "be depleted"],
                "preposition": ["supply of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the act of supplying something; the fact of receiving something that is being supplied",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the electricity/energy/gas supply"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The storm disrupted the town's **power supply**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A stroke is caused by disruption to the **blood supply** to the brain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the supply of goods and services"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a contract for the supply of timber"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The UN has agreed to allow the supply of emergency aid."
                },
                {
                    "text": "A stroke can disrupt the supply of oxygen to the brain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The electricity supply had been cut off."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The electricity company disconnected our supply for non-payment of a bill."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "not existing in large enough quantities to satisfy demand",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Basic foodstuffs were in short supply."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Safe drinking water is in desperately short supply."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈplaɪ/",
                "audio": "su/supply/supply__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/səˈplaɪ/",
                "audio": "su/supply/supply__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Old French soupleer, from Latin supplere ‘fill up’, from sub- ‘from below’ + plere ‘fill’. The early sense of the noun was ‘assistance, relief’ (chiefly a Scots use)."
}