provenance
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- noun
- /ˈprɒvənəns/
- Specialized
- For many of these items, provenance and dates are difficult, even impossible, to discern.
- provenance of objects
- provenance of a painting
- provenance and authenticity
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Watch on YouTubeHere's where we get into the, let's say, provenance of these texts.
- Here's where we get into the, let's say, provenance of these texts.
- So I think I think people will care about the provenance of a photo.
- Oftentimes when paintings change hands across oceans, survive wars, a lot of the provenance can get lost.
- And it's been hard for me to understand what exactly the provenance of this is and how seriously to take it.
- We can debate where we draw the line, but there is a group of people that have thousands of years of provenance to that land.
- That created the great provenance of British romantic parks.
- People go to concerts, they go to museums, seems to matter to people where the what the provenance is of works of art.
- That part of this, again, I'm not sure I use the word slow, but where the the the system is, whether it's provenance of where did this come from?
Examples
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Because of the painting's disputed provenance, it can never be publicly displayed.
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Did Mr. Beckman give you any information regarding the provenance of the books?
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So I think I think people will care about the provenance of a photo.
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And it's been hard for me to understand what exactly the provenance of this is and how seriously to take it.
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The provenance of the journal is clear and under no doubt.
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People go to concerts, they go to museums, seems to matter to people where the what the provenance is of works of art.
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We can produce the provenance of this Braque.
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And that's important because it is a piece of provenance for this painting.
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Establishing provenance for an artwork can increase the value of the artwork.
Academic text (2015) -
The museum displayed the artifact's provenance to highlight its historical significance.
Synonyms
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2.7
The place where something begins, for example a country
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5.0
A place where something begins or develops
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2.7
A place where an idea, activity, or movement first started
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6.3
The origin from which something comes
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The location where someone or something first started to exist
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5.2
The origin in the past from which something developed
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6.7
The recorded history of where data comes from and how it changes
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9.9
The place where an object first came from or its early history
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The place where something begins
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Etymology
Provenance comes from Latin parts pro- ('forward') and venire ('to come'), so it is about where something 'came from' or began. You can see the same root in venue, a place people 'come' to, which helps show why provenance means the source or origin of an object.