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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 783 COCA: 2612

provision

1 provision /prəˈvɪʒən/ noun
plural provisions
1 provision
/prəˈvɪʒən/
noun
plural provisions
Learner's definition of PROVISION
[noncount] : the act or process of supplying or providing something提供;供应;供给
: something that is done in advance to prepare for something else准备;预备
[count]
[noncount]
provisions [plural] : a supply of food and other things that are needed食物等必需品
[count] : a condition that is included as part of an agreement or law(协议或法律中的)条款,条文,规定
2 provision /prəˈvɪʒən/ verb
provisions; provisioned; provisioning
2 provision
/prəˈvɪʒən/
verb
provisions; provisioned; provisioning
Learner's definition of PROVISION
[+ object]
: to supply (someone or something) with provisions and especially with food提供给养(尤指食物)
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 783 COCA: 2612

provision

1 of 2

noun

pro·​vi·​sion prə-ˈvi-zhən How to pronounce provision (audio)
1
a
: the act or process of providing
b
: the fact or state of being prepared beforehand
c
: a measure taken beforehand to deal with a need or contingency : preparation
made provision for replacements
2
: a stock of needed materials or supplies
especially : a stock of food
usually used in plural
3

provision

2 of 2

verb

pro·​vi·​sion prə-ˈvi-zhən How to pronounce provision (audio)
provisioned; provisioning prə-ˈvi-zhə-niŋ How to pronounce provision (audio)
-ˈvizh-niŋ

transitive verb

: to supply with needed materials (such as food) : to supply with provisions

Example Sentences

Noun The President, of all people, should know how difficult it is to take care of basic things like, say, prescription drugs for the elderly or shelter from the storm—especially if your government places a low priority on the efficient provision of public services and a high priority on the care and feeding of cronies … Joe Klein, Time, 6 Feb. 2006 Nothing was overlooked. There was a fallback position, a fail-safe provision, for any contingency. Gary Wills, New York Times Book Review, 1 Apr. 2001 They wheedled the American Congress into awarding entry terms more favorable than those enjoyed by any other state, including two unique provisions: Texas and not the federal government would own all public lands, and the state would retain forever the right to divide into five smaller states if that proved attractive, each one to have two senators and a proportionate number of representatives. James A. Michener, Texas, 1985 Provisions should be made for regular inspections. He made provisions to donate part of his fortune to charity after he died. You should make provision for emergencies. I carried my provisions in one large backpack. We brought enough provisions to last the entire trip. Verb Few modern eaters consume such a wide range of plants, fruits, and animals, even when provisioned by a vast international or multi-ethnic marketplace. Donna R. Gabaccia, We Are What We Eat, 1998 But biographies, like translations, are rarely provisioned to last forever, for they reflect the world of their authors as much as their subjects. Morris Dickstein, New York Times Book Review, 1 Feb. 1998 As the cubs began to feed more regularly on meat, she provisioned them with hares, hyraxes, an Egyptian mongoose, and guinea fowl. John A. Cavallo, Natural History, February 1990 They stopped to provision the ship. the climbers were sufficiently provisioned to withstand just about any mountaineering emergency See More
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
The plan addresses these issues by also including a provision that sets mandatory reduction targets for energy use during peak times. Evan Halper, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2022 Aid Access, which sends pills to a patient’s home from overseas, started providing advance provision in the U.S. late last year. Kelsey Butler, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2022 The rules say company employees working for the FAA must be allowed to communicate with government employees — a provision intended to provide a direct channel for raising serious safety concerns. Ian Duncan, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022 Some publishers feel Google isn’t paying enough and are objecting to certain contractual terms, including a provision that would limit their right to get more money from the tech company in other ways, several publishing executives said. Alexandra Bruell, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022 Just this year, our 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the Jim Crow era provision in our 1890 Constitution that bars those with specific felony convictions from being able to vote. Maisie Brown, Essence, 6 Sep. 2022 Schumer has vowed that Democrats will force Republicans to take another vote on lowering the cost of insulin, a provision ruled out of the Inflation Reduction Act. Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2022 But Highland Park police never requested a gun surrender order, saying there was no gun belonging to Crimo to take away at the time, even though the law has a provision to block threatening people from making future purchases, too. Bernard Condon, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2022 After the Affordable Care Act passed, a provision made the hospital liable if someone returned to the hospital with the same issue within a certain time frame. jsonline.com, 1 Sep. 2022
Verb
Tinkerbell is a modern, containerized provisioning tool that leverages Docker and iPXE to provision bare metal infrastructure. Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 6 July 2022 The ability to securely provision access to utility providers, telecom companies and payroll providers to verify payment history, employment and pay is crucial to securing access to housing funds and affordable credit. Don Cardinal, Forbes, 5 May 2022 Skinny, poorly nourished plains females, which have fewer resources to provision their eggs and tadpoles, seem more hot to trot with outsiders. Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 7 July 2022 For instance, if activity spikes regularly occur in the main financial database at the end of the quarter, AIOps and automation acting in tandem can autonomously calibrate and provision the load. Akhilesh Tripathi, Forbes, 13 June 2022 The modern enterprise likely uses hundreds of different applications across its tech stack, presenting a significant burden for IT, HR and security teams to quickly onboard and provision new hires. Rich Waldron, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021 This enables customers to easily provision a cluster with predefined configurations, policies, and workloads. Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021 VMware has built Tanzu Mission Control to provision and manage external Kubernetes clusters, including those running on Azure. Janakiram Msv, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021 Its pleas were usually unheeded, leaving the Confederation badly in arrears and unable to provision the army. Jay Cost, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun and Verb

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin provision-, provisio act of providing, from Latin, foresight, from providēre to see ahead — more at provide

First Known Use

Noun

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb

1809, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of provision was in the 14th century
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 783 COCA: 2612
provision

noun¹

1supply供給ADJECTIVE | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEfederal, private, state聯邦供應;私人供應;州供應childcare, educational, housing, nursery, pension, service, welfare, etc. (all especially BrE) 託兒服務、教育、住房、護理、養老金、服務、福利等的提供PREPOSITIONprovision of⋯的供應Several companies are responsible for the provision of cleaning services.有幾家公司負責提供清潔服務。
provision

noun²

2for a future situation; in a legal document將來的形勢;法律文件ADJECTIVE | VERB + PROVISION | PROVISION + VERB | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEfull充分的準備adequate充足的準備It is important to make adequate provision for your retirement.為退休生活做好充分準備是很重要的。detailed詳細的條款express, particular, special, specific專門條款;特別條款relevant相關條款key關鍵條款constitutional, legal, legislative, statutory憲法中的條款;法律規定;法規sunset (law法律, especially NAmE) (定期檢查發現無效即自行廢止的)落日條款The law contained a sunset provision, requiring Congress to re-authorize it in 2008.該法律規定包含了一則落日條款要求國會在 2008 年對其重新授權。VERB + PROVISIONmake做好準備contain, include含有條款provisions contained in the contract合同中的條款PROVISION + VERBapply規定適用於⋯The same provisions apply to foreign-owned companies.同樣的規定適用於外資公司。allow sth, require sth規定允許⋯/需要⋯PREPOSITIONprovision against應對⋯的準備They had made all kinds of provisions against bad weather.他們做好了應付壞天氣的各種準備。provision for針對⋯的條款The Act contains detailed provisions for appeal against the court's decision.該法案含有對法庭裁決上訴的詳細規定。
provision

noun³

3provisions food and drinks食物和飲料VERB + PROVISIONSbuy, stock up on, stock up with買吃喝的東西;貯備飲料和食品We went into town to stock up on provisions.為了貯備食物我們進了城。

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