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OVERSUPPLY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

Synonyms:

glut; oversupply; surfeit

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("oversupply" is a kind of...):

overabundance; overmuch; overmuchness; superabundance (a quantity that is more than what is appropriate)

Derivation:

oversupply (supply with an excess of)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supply with an excess of

Example:

Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient

Synonyms:

flood; glut; oversupply

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "oversupply" is one way to...):

furnish; provide; render; supply (give something useful or necessary to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Derivation:

oversupply (the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall)

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