📦 To provide 🚚 Providing things 🥫 An available amount 💬 To add words

to supply

27 4.0

To add a short remark or missing detail to what was said

verb
/səˈplaɪ/

: añadir

During the meeting, be sure to supply additional details about the project's timeline.
supply information
supply an answer
supply details

So you've just supplied the same reason.

Examples

The stories of past courage cannot supply courage itself.

Chappaquiddick (2018)
And here is a face for which I cannot supply a name.

Guys and Dolls (1955)
And you can supply many, many examples of this, I'm sure.
So you've just supplied the same reason.

andrew gold | heretics.
No matter what you say, you're supplying one of them with evidence.

Critical Care (1997)
I'll supply the information.

The Sting (1973)
As part of the agreement, he will also supply information to prosecutors... that they have deemed very valuable... in their fight against organized crime in Texas.

Positive I.D. (1986)
Before the counselor is allowed to waste this court's time, and this jury's time, I would request that he supply some proof of this co-conspirator.

Murder in the First (1995)
The narration of past wars, Pontano continues, serves to supply the present with models of civic virtue.

Academic text (2011)
Alito's separate opinion in Elonis, nevertheless, may supply additional clarity into the doctrine's meaning.

Academic text (2017)

Synonyms

to add

vsto supply

∞ 1.0

Say something more to give extra information or comment

is used to state something additional in any context

Antonyms

to omit

66 3.4

Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident

Idioms

to get high on one's own supply

Informal

1 9.9

To feel too proud of your own work or ideas and ignore other people's advice

Compounds

water supply

43 1.6

A system that gives water to homes and buildings for drinking and washing

food supply

36 2.0

The amount of food available to people in a place

money supply

Specialized

36 3.1

All the money in cash and bank accounts that people use in a country

supply line

15 3.4

A route that brings food, goods, or fuel to a place

supply closet

9 2.0

A small room where people keep office and cleaning supplies

supply ship

7 3.7

A ship that brings things like food and fuel to ships at sea

supply route

6 3.8

A road or path used to carry food and equipment to soldiers

emergency supply

5 2.6

A box of food, water, and medicine kept for use during a disaster

supply-side economics

Specialized

3 7.2

An economic idea that growth comes from businesses making more goods and investing when governments cut taxes and remove rules

supply curve

Specialized

1 4.6

A graph that shows how much producers will sell at different prices

supply officer

1 4.1

A military officer who organizes and gives food, equipment, and fuel to troops

supply ship

Specialized

1 3.9

A spacecraft that delivers food, equipment, and spare parts to a space station

building supply house

3.3

A store that sells wood, tiles, and other materials for making houses

building supply store

2.8

A shop that sells materials for making and repairing houses and other buildings

inelastic supply

Specialized

7.5

Price changes cause little or no change in the amount produced

perfectly elastic supply

Specialized

8.0

A market where sellers sell only at one price and refuse lower prices

supply chamber

Specialized

5.8

A container that holds a liquid or material and lets it out when needed

How Much

to elaborate

79 4.2

to supply

27 4.0

to add

∞ 1.0

to note

951 1.6

to mention

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

supply infinitive

supplied past

supplied past participle

supplying present participle

supplies third person singular

Etymology

Supply in this sense also comes from Latin supplere 'to fill', and a helpful way to remember it is that to supply a remark is to 'fill' a missing word or idea by adding it.