resupply
pronunciation
How to pronounce resupply in British English:
UK [ˌri:səˈplaɪ]
How to pronounce resupply in American English:
US [ˌrisə'plaɪ]
Word Origin
- resupply (v.)
- also re-supply, 1630s, from re- + supply (v.). Related: Resupplied; resupplying. As a noun by 1875.
Example
- 1. All that packaging -- along with used clothing and other waste -- goes into the empty , unmanned resupply vehicles .
- 2. Its expanses and its desert leave military forces vulnerable and often draw them into overextending their advances ; resupply , not terrain , limits military operations .
- 3. Cygnus , which is being launched under the commercial orbital transportation services ( cots ) contract , will eventually be used to resupply astronauts aboard the international space station ( iss ) .
- 4. Along with boosting the navy 's blue water capabilities in operations and resupply , the patrols appear to have whetted beijing 's appetite for even more ambitious missions .
- 5. Its departure cleared the way for the arrival of the next russian resupply vehicle , iss progress 39 , which will launch sept. 10 and dock sept. 12 , delivering 2.5 tons of food , fuel and supplies for the expedition 24 crew .