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resupply

/ˌɹiː.səˈplaɪ/

resupply verb: to supply again.

Verb

resupply (third-person singular simple present resupplies, present participle resupplying, simple past and past participle resupplied)

  1. (transitive) To supply again.
    1. (intransitive, transitive) To stock up on supplies again; synonym of restock.

Noun

IPA/ˈɹiː.səˌplaɪ/

resupply (countable and uncountable, plural resupplies)

  1. (uncountable) The act of supplying again.
    • Before Musk, America’s space industry was moribund. In 2011, NASA mothballed the last space shuttle, after inking a deal with SpaceX to make uncrewed cargo resupply runs to the International Space Station (ISS).2021 December 13, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in TIME, archived from the original on 13 Dec 2021
  2. (countable, backpacking) A package of materials used to replenish supplies.
    • A resupply gives you the chance to refill your fuel bottle as well as your food bag.2003, Buck Tilton, Trekker's Handbook: Strategies to Enhance Your Journey

Forms of resupply

Verb
third-person singular presentresupplies
present participleresupplying
past participleresupplied
pastresupplied
alternative formre-supply
Noun
pluralresupplies

Past tense of resupply: resupplied

Origin of resupply

From re- + supply.

Words formed from resupply

Words that rhyme with resupply

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Questions about resupply

What does resupply mean?
Resupply means to supply again.
What part of speech is resupply?
Resupply can be a verb or a noun.
How do you pronounce resupply?
Resupply is pronounced /ˌɹiː.səˈplaɪ/.
What is the past tense of resupply?
The past tense of resupply is resupplied.

Words near resupply in the dictionary

  1. resupplemented
  2. resupplied
  3. resupplier
  4. resuppliers
  5. resupplies
  6. resupply
  7. resupplying
  8. resuppress
  9. resuppressed
  10. resuppresses
  11. resuppressing

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