Collocations for "supply"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "supply" in context.
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supply
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [fresh, full, dwindling, large] supply (of)
- an [abundant, enormous, extensive] supply (of)
- [ammunition, paper, office, hotel, staff] supplies
- [sell, distribute, deliver, deal in] [ammunition] supplies
- the [ammunition] is in full supply
- a supply of [ammunition]
- the [water, power, electricity, gas] supply
- are short on supplies
- [order, buy, use, consume] supplies
- [has, carries] an extensive supply of [accessories, stationary]
- [send, replenish] supplies (for the war)
- stock up on [food, clothes, medical] supplies
- the [storm, tornado, hurricane] cut off the power supply
- [water, food, affordable housing] is in [scarce, short] supply
- the supply does not [meet, satisfy] the demand
- demand [outstrips, outweighs] supply
- (the law of) supply and demand
- a supply [store, chain, manager]
- UK: a supply teacher
- UK: get a supply teaching job (in)
- supply [the troops, victims, users, the President]
- supply them with [weapons, information, food]
- supply the [information, name]
- supplies the goods
- supply (them with) the means necessary to
- supply you with a copy of [any personal data, our complaints procedure]
- the information you supply will [be used, be passed on, remain confidential]
- supplied by the [government, United States]
- supplied through [illegal, illegitimate] means
- supplied courtesy of
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'supply' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
connect
- contract
- equal
- wire
- clothing
- commitment
- demand
- blood
- water
- power
- outlet
- network
- necessary
- main
- huge
- electricity
- lifetime
- disruption
- duct
- ferry
- merchandise
- mismatch
- ratio
- regulation
- reserve
- rocket
- shortage
- shutdown
- pipeline
- procurement
- choke
- medical
- outward
- relative
- rolling
- scarce
- sparse
- underground
- adequate
- constant
- downstream
- endless
- external
- tender
- shut
- manufacture
- limit
- exhaust
- deplete
- transport
