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supplied

v.
B1 Intermediate US //səˈpɫaɪd// UK //səplˈaɪd// sup·plied

v. provided someone with something they needed or wanted. It often describes giving things like food, equipment, or information in a formal or organized way.

v. provided or made available a necessary or desired commodity. This past tense form functions transitively, requiring both a provider and a recipient or object.


SIMPLE

The local farm supplied all the vegetables for the dinner.

CONTEXTUAL

The logistics company supplied the remote village with emergency medical kits during the heavy winter storms.

COMPLEX

Historical records indicate that the merchant supplied the royal court with rare spices and textiles imported from across the Mediterranean for over three decades.

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The verb is transitive; it commonly takes the preposition 'with' when the recipient is the direct object.

Pitfall

They supplied to us the tools.They supplied us with the tools.When the recipient follows the verb, use 'with' before the item provided, or use 'to' if the item is the direct object.

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