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" To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise."
Vannevar Bush

Meaning of "furnish" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FURNISH

From Old French fournir, of Germanic origin; related to Old High German frummen to carry out.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FURNISH

ˈfɜːnɪʃ


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FURNISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Furnish is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb furnish in English.

WHAT DOES FURNISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of furnish in the English dictionary

The first definition of furnish in the dictionary is to provide with furniture, carpets, etc. Other definition of furnish is to equip with what is necessary; fit out. Furnish is also to give; supply.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO FURNISH

PRESENT

Present
I furnish
you furnish
he/she/it furnishes
we furnish
you furnish
they furnish
Present continuous
I am furnishing
you are furnishing
he/she/it is furnishing
we are furnishing
you are furnishing
they are furnishing
Present perfect
I have furnished
you have furnished
he/she/it has furnished
we have furnished
you have furnished
they have furnished
Present perfect continuous
I have been furnishing
you have been furnishing
he/she/it has been furnishing
we have been furnishing
you have been furnishing
they have been furnishing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I furnished
you furnished
he/she/it furnished
we furnished
you furnished
they furnished
Past continuous
I was furnishing
you were furnishing
he/she/it was furnishing
we were furnishing
you were furnishing
they were furnishing
Past perfect
I had furnished
you had furnished
he/she/it had furnished
we had furnished
you had furnished
they had furnished
Past perfect continuous
I had been furnishing
you had been furnishing
he/she/it had been furnishing
we had been furnishing
you had been furnishing
they had been furnishing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will furnish
you will furnish
he/she/it will furnish
we will furnish
you will furnish
they will furnish
Future continuous
I will be furnishing
you will be furnishing
he/she/it will be furnishing
we will be furnishing
you will be furnishing
they will be furnishing
Future perfect
I will have furnished
you will have furnished
he/she/it will have furnished
we will have furnished
you will have furnished
they will have furnished
Future perfect continuous
I will have been furnishing
you will have been furnishing
he/she/it will have been furnishing
we will have been furnishing
you will have been furnishing
they will have been furnishing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would furnish
you would furnish
he/she/it would furnish
we would furnish
you would furnish
they would furnish
Conditional continuous
I would be furnishing
you would be furnishing
he/she/it would be furnishing
we would be furnishing
you would be furnishing
they would be furnishing
Conditional perfect
I would have furnish
you would have furnish
he/she/it would have furnish
we would have furnish
you would have furnish
they would have furnish
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been furnishing
you would have been furnishing
he/she/it would have been furnishing
we would have been furnishing
you would have been furnishing
they would have been furnishing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you furnish
we let´s furnish
you furnish
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to furnish
Past participle
furnished
Present Participle
furnishing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FURNISH

buffoonish · burnish · cartoonish · corniche · Cornish · degarnish · disfurnish · disgarnish · garnish · greenish · hornish · kernish · moonish · refurnish · revarnish · soonish · spleenish · tarnish · unfurnish · varnish

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FURNISH

furmity · furnace · furnace room · furnace-like · Furness · furniment · furnished · furnisher · furnishing fabrics · furnishings · furnishment · furniture · furniture beetle · furniture depot · furniture mover · furniture polish · furniture remover · furniture shop · furniture store · furniture van

WORDS THAT END LIKE FURNISH

bairnish · banish · brownish · cellulose varnish · Danish · diminish · finish · Finnish · gloss finish · nail varnish · natural varnish · oil varnish · punish · replenish · shellac varnish · Spanish · spirit varnish · the Cornish · the Spanish · vanish

Synonyms and antonyms of furnish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FURNISH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «furnish» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «furnish» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FURNISH

Find out the translation of furnish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of furnish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «furnish» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

装潢
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

amueblar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

furnish
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

प्रस्तुत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقدم
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

отделка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

mobiliar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

সজ্জিত করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

meubler
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Memberi
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

einrichten
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

> 備え付ける
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

가구를 들여놓다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nglengkapi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cung cấp
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

தருதல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

सादर करा
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

döşemek
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

ammobiliare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

dostarczają
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

оздоблення
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

furniza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προσκομίσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

verstrek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

förse
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

møblere
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of furnish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FURNISH»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of furnish
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «furnish».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about furnish

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «FURNISH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word furnish.
1
Anthony Burgess
Americans will listen, but they do not care to read. War and Peace must wait for the leisure of retirement, which never really comes: meanwhile it helps to furnish the living room.
2
Vannevar Bush
To pursue science is not to disparage the things of the spirit. In fact, to pursue science rightly is to furnish the framework on which the spirit may rise.
3
Kate Chopin
Some people are born with a vital and responsive energy. It not only enables them to keep abreast of the times; it qualifies them to furnish in their own personality a good bit of the motive power to the mad pace.
4
Nicolaus Copernicus
So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as the truth ideas conceived for another purpose, and depart from this study a greater fool than when he entered it.
5
Hernan Cortes
There are apothecaries' shops, where prepared medicines, liquids, ointments, and plasters are sold; barbers' shops, where they wash and shave the head; and restaurateurs, that furnish food and drink at a certain price.
6
Tryon Edwards
The great end of education is to discipline rather than to furnish the mind; to train it to the use of its own powers, rather than fill it with the accumulation of others.
7
Emmet Fox
It is the food which you furnish to your mind that determines the whole character of your life.
8
E. Franklin Frazier
Educational institutes can no longer be prizes in church politics or furnish berths for failure in other walks of life.
9
John Hawley
I wish I had it in my power to furnish you with accommodation I should feel proud to do it, shall be happy to hear from you at anytime when you engagements will allow you an hour and remain with best wishes for yourself, family and circuit.
10
Henry J. Heinz
Mountains and oceans do not furnish any impassable barrier to the extension of trade.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FURNISH»

Discover the use of furnish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to furnish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Furnish: furniture and interior design for the 21st century
The book documents and puts into context recent work by designers, artists and architects who are creating and using furniture in pioneering ways.
Sophie Lovell, Robert Klanten, Birga Meyer, 2007
2
The Moral Teaching of Paul: Selected Issues, 3rd Edition
Victor Paul Furnish is University Distinguished Professor of New Testament, Emeritus at Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University, and general editor of the Abingdon New Testament Commentaries.
Victor Paul Furnish, 2010
3
Jesus According to Paul
The present volume deals with questions frequently asked about Paul, examines what can be known about Jesus from Paul's letters, and enquires how Paul himself interpreted Jesus' significance.
Victor Paul Furnish, 1993
4
Theology and Ethics in Paul
The commentaries in this series provide fresh translations based on the best available ancient manuscripts, offer critical portrayals of the historical world in which the books were created, pay careful attention to their literary design, ...
Victor Paul Furnish, 2009
5
Furnish a Doll's House: An Illustrated Guide to Creating ...
Following her previous title, Build a Doll's House, the author demonstrates how to make all the miniature furnishings for it.
Michal Morse, 2003
6
Books Do Furnish A Room
The tenth novel in Anthony Powell's brilliant twelve-novel sequence, A Dance to the Music of Time.
Anthony Powell, 2011
7
Log Cabins: How to Build and Furnish Them
A classic guide to building wooden structures covers everything from a simple lean-to to impressive Adirondack cabins and details location scouting and preparation, building materials, ceilings and floors, chimneys and fireplaces and ...
William S. Wicks, 2011
8
Abingdon New Testament Commentaries | 1 & 2 Thessalonians
Victor Paul Furnish. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, ...
Victor Paul Furnish, 2007
9
Holiest Wars: Islamic Mahdis, Their Jihads, and Osama Bin Laden
"This text, written by an American scholar, highlights one of the lesser-known aspects of Islam called Mahdism, which centers belief on a "rightly guided one" who will at some point return to earth to rally Muslims and make the world right.
Timothy R. Furnish, 2005
10
Furnish with fabric: over 25 beautiful ideas for decorating ...
Presents step-by-step instructions for creating a variety of innovative decorating effects with fabric to make curtains, furniture coverings, cushions, and other projects
Tricia Guild, David Montgomery, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FURNISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term furnish is used in the context of the following news items.
1
SBI to provide all information of distressed asset under auction
SBI is getting a special website prepared which will furnish all such details of distressed commercial properties in the future auctions. Malhotra ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»
2
Pak does a u-turn on lakhvi, refuses to petition for 26/11 …
... attack case, with even the mastermind Lakhvi being released by the court as the Pakistan government failed to furnish the required evidence. «Firstpost, Jul 15»
3
Parliamentary panel to review SC/ST representation in CBEC
The Lok Sabha Secretariat has asked the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) to furnish data on the number of people working under ... «India Today, Jul 15»
4
Real-life 'Billion Dollar Spy' reads like a Cold War fiction thriller
But Tolkachev kept pleading, and the agency ultimately agreed to furnish him with a deadly cyanide pill, hidden inside a pen so he could ... «The Keene Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
KAHLER: You want financial security? Then save a million bucks
Three percent of $1 billion, on the other hand, will furnish an income of $30 million a year; definitely private jet and gated-estate territory. «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
6
Durian candymaker's permit suspended over poisoning incident
"FDA never communicated to us, we are willing to furnish them data they need about food regulated by their agency." Agusan del Sur Vice ... «Rappler, Jul 15»
7
Steps initiated to expedite issuance of property records in Shivamogga
It had been made mandatory for the property owners to furnish a copy of the land alienation letter of the locality in which the property was ... «The Hindu, Jul 15»
8
Education dept told to furnish proof of toilets in operation
The district administration has asked East Singhbhum education officials to furnish photographic proof of toilets in operations in over 3,000 ... «NYOOOZ, Jul 15»
9
Baton Rouge native Bradley Furnish puts his passion for animation …
Bradley Furnish grew up in Baton Rouge completely in awe of the art of animation. “I remember tearing up watching The Lion King even though ... «Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, Jul 15»
10
How Do I Furnish My Adult Apartment?
Welcome to Bro Rescue, a safe space where dudes can ask the questions they can't (or maybe just won't!) pose to their fellow dudes about ... «Deadspin, Jul 15»
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