Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com
Showing results for power supply. Search instead for programs supply.

power supply

American  

noun

  • power supplies
    plural
  1. a device that provides power to electric machines, generators, etc.


Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

The data centre was due to receive its power supply at the end of the year.

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

The funds will help repair damaged infrastructure, increase storage capacity and improve power supply to hospitals.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

The paper writes that the outage had "no impact on the UK's wider power supply".

From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2026

Every summer, the grid operator runs a so-called capacity auction to make sure there is enough power supply to keep up with demand, plus a cushion for extra hot or cold days.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

For a short time, I wondered how to splice the second battery's leads into the main power supply.

From "The Martian" by Andy Weir

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Join 14,000,000 vocabulary learners

Start learning new words today on VocabTrainer.
You'll remember them forever.

Start training