Dictionary Entry
provision
provision is a 9-letter English word with 12 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 12 senses
Definitions
- 1noun
The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- 2noun
That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
- 3noun
Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
- 4noun
That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.
- 5noun
A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
- 6noun
A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
- 7transitive verb
To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
- 8noun
the activity of supplying or providing something
- 9noun
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
- 10noun
a stipulated condition
"he accepted subject to one provision"
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- 11noun
a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
- 12verb
supply with provisions
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