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Synonyms for provision
prəˈvɪʒ ənpro·vi·sion

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Wiktionary5.0 / 1 vote

  1. provisionverb

    Synonyms:
    victual, supply

  2. provisionverb

    To supply with provisions.

    Synonyms:
    victual, supply

Princeton's WordNet2.8 / 12 votes

  1. provision, provisonoun

    a stipulated condition

    "he accepted subject to one provision"

    Synonyms:
    preparation, supply, planning, supplying, proviso

  2. provision, supply, supplyingnoun

    the activity of supplying or providing something

    Synonyms:
    preparation, supply, planning, supplying, proviso

  3. planning, preparation, provisionnoun

    the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening

    "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties"

    Synonyms:
    supplying, homework, proviso, cooking, formulation, preparedness, grooming, cookery, readying, training, planning, supply, readiness, prep, preparation

  4. provisionverb

    a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)

    Synonyms:
    preparation, supply, planning, supplying, proviso

  5. provision, purveyverb

    supply with provisions

    Synonyms:
    purvey

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Dictionary of English Synonymes2.0 / 1 vote

  1. provisionnoun

    Synonyms:
    providing, provident care

  2. provisionnoun

    Synonyms:
    preparation, provident measures or steps

  3. provisionnoun

    Synonyms:
    stock, store, hoard, fund

  4. provisionnoun

    Synonyms:
    proviso, stipulation, clause

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How to use provision in a sentence?

  1. Charles Dickens:

    'At this festive season of the year, Mr Scrooge,' said the gentleman, taking up a pen, 'it is more than usually desirable that we should make some slight provision for the poor and destitute, who suffer greatly at the present time. ... We choose this time, because it is a time, of all others, when Want is keenly felt, and Abundance rejoices.'

  2. Julia Reinhardt:

    There is a provision in German law that allows for crimes that affect Germans abroad -– whether perpetrator or victim -– to be also covered in trial in Germany.

  3. Pope Francis:

    It is essential that all citizens - Muslim, Jewish and Christian - both in the provision and practice of the law, enjoy the same rights and respect the same duties.

  4. Abraham Lincoln:

    The provision of the Constitution giving the war-making power to Congress was dictated, as I understand it, by the following reasons. Kings had always been involving and impoverishing their people in wars, pretending generally, if not always, that the good of the people was the object. This, our Convention understood to be the most oppressive of all Kingly oppressions; and they resolved to so frame the Constitution that no one man should hold the power of bringing this oppression upon us.

  5. Bias:

    Make wisdom your provision for the journey from youth to old age, for it is a more certain support than all other possessions.


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