supplied
- 1Simple past and past participle of supply.
The factory supplied parts to several car manufacturers last year.
The troops were supplied by air during the long winter siege.
Note
One spelling does double duty here: the y of supply turns to i before -ed, and the result serves both the simple past and the participle after have or be. As a participle it often takes with, as in a ship supplied with fresh water. That echoes the verb's 'furnish or equip' use. Supplied to, by contrast, names who receives the thing provided.
The expedition was supplied with tents, stoves and enough food for a month.
Every classroom has been supplied with new laptops this term.
supplied is a form of supply
supply, verb: To provide something that is needed or wanted, or to provide someone or something with it. Full entry
- Spelling
- supply → supplied: change y to i, add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /d/.
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