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.
Definitions
- noun. The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
- noun. That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
- noun. Especially, a stock of food; any kind of eatables collected or stored; -- often in the plural.
- noun. That which is stipulated in advance; a condition; a previous agreement; a proviso; as, the provisions of a contract; the statute has many provisions.
- noun. A canonical term for regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
- noun. A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
- transitive verb. To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.
- noun. the activity of supplying or providing something
- noun. 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"
- noun. a stipulated condition
"he accepted subject to one provision"
- noun. a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms)
- verb. supply with provisions
Synonyms
supply, supplying, planning, preparation, proviso, purvey
Common word forms
provisions, provisional, provisioned, provisioner, provisioning, provisionless, provisionment
Words from these letters
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