provision
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: simple
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Etymology: From Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).
Inflected forms:
form: provisions
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: provisions
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: provisioning
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: provisioned
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: provisioned
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: [H]e hath preſerued all points of Humanity, in taking Order, and making Proviſion for the Releefe of Strangers diſtreſſed; whereof you have taſted.
[Noah] Began to build a Veſſel of huge bulk, / Meaſur'd by Cubit, length, and breadth, and highth, / Smeared round with Pitch, and in the ſide a dore, / Contriv'd, and of proviſions laid in large / For Man and Beaſt: [...]
We have an infirm ſhip's company, and but five months proviſion, which muſt ſerve us to China unleſs we get a ſupply at Guam.
gloss: The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: Fiue dayes we do allot thee for prouision,
To shield thee from disasters of the world,
gloss: Money set aside for a future event.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: And as congressional Republicans were passing a very unpopular Trump agenda bill last month, Vice President JD Vance argued that its historic expansion of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and new immigration enforcement provisions were so important that “everything else” was “immaterial.”
gloss: A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.
gloss: A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
examples: An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.
Almost half of MEPs wanted to remove the new provisions' to expand the use of megatrucks but an amendment to do that failed to pass by just six votes.
gloss: Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
pos: noun
tags: countable
uncountable
gloss: A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
pos: noun
tags: UK
countable
historical
uncountable
examples: a papal provision
gloss: To supply with provisions.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: to provision an army
We had soon touched land in the same place as before and set to provision the blockhouse. All three made the first journey, heavily laden, and tossed our stores over the palisade.
An emancipated slave must be provisioned by the master.
gloss: To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system; to install the necessary software on a bare-bones system so it can be used for a specific purpose.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: A solution is to provision new systems on a private network where they can receive updates, patches, and secure configurations from an internal repository before being placed into a production network.
Synonyms: supply
victual
Related words: deprovision
direct provision
ground provisions
provide
provisional
provisionings
Derived words: alternative provision
improvision
make provision for
overprovision
preprovision
provisionary
provisioner
provisionless
provisionment
reprovision
spendthrift provision
sunrise provision
sunset provision
transitional provision
underprovision
unprovision
unprovisioned
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