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How to spell supply

Supply is spelled S-U-P-P-L-Y. Two P's, then -LY: sup-ply, the same start as support.

What it means: A stock of something available.

In a sentence: The teacher has a big supply of colorful crayons for the class. ▶

The part people get wrong

Watch for double p.

Same family: supplies, supplied, supplying, supplier, supply-chain. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Supply comes from the Latin verb *supplēre*, meaning “to fill up” or “to make full.” It entered English through Old French in the 14th century, and today it still keeps the idea of “filling a need” or “providing what is missing.”

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