Words / B2

FURN-ish/ˈfɜːnɪʃ/

To furnish is to put furniture in a room, or — formal — to supply evidence: a furnished flat; furnish the committee with papers. Provide and supply are the plain twins for the formal sense. Counsel asked the trust to furnish scripts. Do not write “furnish the homework” in casual class talk.

Meaning

To put furniture in a room; also to supply information or evidence (formal).

Examples

• “Counsel asked the trust to furnish the unmarked scripts by Friday.”
• “The flat is let furnished, which is the housing sense.”

Good to know

furnish a room; furnish someone with information. Housing: furnished / unfurnished. Formal legal: furnish evidence. Not everyday “give”.

Near in meaning

provide

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