resupply

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/ˌɹiː.səˈplaɪ//ˈɹiː.səˌplaɪ/

verb

To supply again.

OriginEnglish supply ← Middle English supplien ← Old French souploier →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person resupplies · participle present resupplying · participle past resupplied · past resupplied · alternative re-supply

  1. transitiveTo supply again.
    1. intransitivetransitiveTo stock up on supplies again; synonym of restock.
nounresupply (countable and uncountable, plural resupplies)

plural resupplies · alternative re-supply

  1. uncountableThe 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. countablebackpackingvideo gamesA 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  7. Proto-Italic*supo
  8. Latinsub
  9. Latinsub-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  11. Proto-Italic*plēō
  12. Latinpleō
  13. Latinsupplēre
  14. Old Frenchsouploier
  15. Middle Englishsupplien
  16. Englishsupply
  17. Englishresupply

From re- + supply.

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Translations

Catalan avituallar
  • avituallartransitive
Finnish hakea täydennyksiä
  • hakea täydennyksiäintransitive
French ravitailler
  • ravitaillertransitive
German wiederaufstocken, wiederbeliefern
  • wiederaufstockenintransitive
  • wiederbelieferntransitive
Polish zaopatrywać się ponownie, zaopatrzyć się ponownie
  • zaopatrywać się ponownieintransitive
  • zaopatrzyć się ponownieintransitive
  • zaopatrywać ponownietransitive
  • zaopatrzyć ponownietransitive
Portuguese avitualhar
  • avitualhartransitive
Romanian se reaproviziona, reaproviziona
  • se reaprovizionaintransitive
  • reaprovizionatransitive
Spanish avituallar, vituallar
  • avituallartransitive
  • vituallartransitive

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with resupply

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Cite this entry
APA

resupply. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resupply

MLA

“resupply.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resupply. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “resupply,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/resupply.

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