Converse of object

• outstrip: Application needs to be made as early as possible in the preceding year of intending study as the demand for places usually outstrips supply.

Adjective modifier

• plentiful: Habitats with a plentiful supply of field voles appeared to support greater breeding success in barn owls.

• adequate: Over 1 billion people lack access to an adequate supply of safe water.

• constant: The retina at the back of the eye requires a constant blood supply.

• electrical: The electrical supply on the islands is 240 volts ac.

• abundant: It was thoroughly well drained and had an abundant supply of water.

• short: With natural foods in short supply, garden feeding is vital to their survival.

Modifies a noun

• chain: Thousands of the world's poorest people depend on global supply chains to survive.

• voltage: This voltage has opposite polarity to the supply voltage on the coil.

• pipe: Every property on the shared supply will be jointly responsible for a replacement of a shared supply pipe.

Noun used with modifier

• water: Cold Water Supply System Any external water supply is almost always a cold water supply.

• power: However you should never connect it already the first time to the computer power supply.

• blood: Part of the blood supply to the brain may then be cut off, which causes a stroke.

• energy: Future energy supply is high on the public agenda.

Preposition: of

• alcohol: A Designated Premises Supervisor is the person specified on the Premises License who is responsible for authorizing the supply of alcohol.