provision
5
3.8
- noun
- /prəˈvɪʒən/
- The campers stocked up on provisions like canned food and bottled water before heading into the wilderness.
- provision of food
- supply of provisions
Examples
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Let's get the water and provisions into the wagon.
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The only provisions you'll be given will be what's necessary for your survival.
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Well, I want provisions for 25 men for a month.
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I have provisions for five months and I have a device here that can turn snow into drinking water.
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The storm stole their provisions.
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From the beginning, social legislation in Chile included provisions for protecting women in their role as mothers.
Academic text (1999) -
An assessment of physiological and safety needs is often completed, and provisions are made for food, clothing, and shelter.
Academic text (2011) -
Wren sorted through their provisions, choosing what they would need and be able to carry.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'll send my wife with your message, Captain Ecuyer, but after two months of siege, you've only a few days' provisions.
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In a moment he'd recruited two men to carry the provisions to one of the meager huts.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
653
1.0
An amount of something available to use when needed
603
1.0
Things needed for an activity, like food or tools
258
3.5
A supply kept for future use, often in an emergency
213
2.2
A supply of goods or materials kept for future use
58
1.0
A supply of things kept for future use
50
2.0
The amount of food available to people in a place
49
4.2
A large supply of goods kept for future use
35
2.6
A supply of food and other needed things for a trip
19
4.7
A large supply of something kept for use when needed
1
6.6
A supply of food kept at home to use later
Antonyms
Compounds
- Jargon
A rule a company uses to stop a takeover by making itself less attractive to other companies
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Provision comes from Latin parts pro- 'before' and videre 'to see', so it originally meant 'to see ahead' and prepare. It is the same root as provide and vision, which is why a provision is a supply kept for the future.