provision 1 of 2

noun

prə-ˈvi-zhən How to pronounce provision (audio)
Definition of provisionnext
1
as in requirement
something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends loaned them the car with the provision that they refill the gas tank before returning it

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2
as in food
provisions plural substances intended to be eaten gave them ample provisions so they would not get hungry on the trip

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provision

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verb

prə-ˈvi-zhən How to pronounce provision (audio)
1
as in to equip
to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity the climbers were sufficiently provisioned to withstand just about any mountaineering emergency

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2
as in to feed
to provide food or meals for it was the quartermaster's job to properly equip and provision the troops

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Recent Examples of provision
Noun
The Atlanta Dream and Golden State Valkyries left the court for the national anthem before the first two games of the WNBA Finals, despite a provision in the league’s own rulebook calling for players to stand and line up during the performance. — Dan Zaksheske Outkick, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 National monuments can be created by the president directly, under the provisions of the Antiquities Act of 1906. — Seth T. Kannarr, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
An essential state role, parallel to provisioning basic services like education and healthcare, is endowing a wide open aesthetic field of form and meaning and collective sensibility. — Anna Kornbluh, ARTnews.com, 7 Oct. 2026 Vendor or third-party access was provisioned once and never reviewed. — John Bruggeman, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for provision
Recent Examples of Synonyms for provision
  1. requirement
  2. food
  3. equip
  4. feed
  5. condition
  6. bread
  7. supply
  8. board
Noun
  • The Spanish Navy and Navantia are working from operational requirements, and the final design must still go through procurement.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
  • American technology therefore qualified for the Commission’s own sovereign cloud requirements through a European operating structure.
    — Margot Edelman, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of requirement
Noun
  • Returning recommended restaurants Beyond the newcomers, Lang Van held onto its Bib, with Dan Nguyen and Tuyen Tran continuing to turn out Vietnamese food that treats every regular like family.
    — Heidi Finley, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Rooms are calm, expansive, and built to frame the ever-changing landscape, while the food celebrates local ingredients with a refined, modern twist.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of food
Verb
  • Starship and Orion will dock as part of Artemis III but the SpaceX vehicle won't be equipped with a crew cabin for the mission's astronauts to enter.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Pressure is something Kessler feels equipped to handle, even while acknowledging that the stakes are high and that all the noise about the high price the team paid to acquire him only increased the volume.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of equip
Verb
  • Ocean iron fertilization grew from the idea that iron-rich dust blown across the oceans during past ice ages fed blooms of phytoplankton, helping to lower atmospheric CO₂.
    — Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In Denmark, Microsoft agreed to feed waste heat from a data center into a local district heating network, with the companies involved saying the project could cover the annual heating needs of approximately 6,000 households.
    — Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of feed
Noun
  • The company aims to develop a wider lineup of electric-propulsion ships suited to different operating conditions and customer requirements.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2026
  • That website works great in the demo—under specific conditions and without users with thumbs for fingers.
    — Brian Jenney, IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of condition
Noun
  • Now and then, not often, Deidre Henderson will still work up the nerve to drive herself to the market for milk or bread.
    — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026
  • The offer includes 30 bread varieties, 8,000 wines and spirits and approximately 120 kinds of cheese — to name but a few of the treats found here.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of bread
Verb
  • Adnan Siraj Rakin, an assistant professor at Binghamton University, warned that robotics developers may face risks when relying on language models supplied by third parties.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Publicly, Pacific Fusion talks mostly about its future ability to supply electricity, a promise the fusion industry has made for years.
    — Sarah Scoles, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of supply
Verb
  • In 1731 Brit Robert Jenkins was captaining one such ship, en route from Jamaica to London, when Spanish guards boarded it in the West Indies.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The project has been in the works since 2019, with Wan boarding the production this spring.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of board

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