OVERSUPPLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does oversupply mean? 

• OVERSUPPLY (noun)
  The noun OVERSUPPLY has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

  Familiarity information: OVERSUPPLY used as a noun is very rare.

• OVERSUPPLY (verb)
  The verb OVERSUPPLY has 1 sense:

1. supply with an excess of

  Familiarity information: OVERSUPPLY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OVERSUPPLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being so overabundant that prices fall

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

glut; oversupply; surfeit

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)

• OVERSUPPLY (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Supply with an excess of

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

flood; glut; oversupply

Context example:

Glut the country with cheap imports from the Orient

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)