furnish

CEFRB2

/ˈfɝnɪʃ/

verb · noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To provide a room with furniture.

  2. 02

    verb

    To provide or supply something needed.

Examples

  • It will cost me a lot to furnish my new apartment.

  • We should furnish enough food for sufferers.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To provide a place with furniture, or other equipment.

  2. To supply or give (something).

noun

Extra meaning

  1. Material used to create an engineered product.

More examples

In context

  • The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.

  • The resin-coated furnish is evenly spread inside the form and another metal plate is placed on top.

  • But his writings and his life furnish abundant proofs that he was not a man of strong sense.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English furnysshen, from Old French furniss-, stem of certain parts of furnir, fornir (Modern French fournir), from Germanic, from Frankish *frumjan (“to complete, execute”), from Proto-Germanic *frumjaną (“to further, promote”), from Proto-Indo-European *promo- (“front, forward”). Cognate with Old High German frumjan (“to perform, provide”), Old High German fruma (“utility, gain”), Old English fremu (“profit, advantage”), Old English fremian (“to promote, perform”). More at frame, frim.