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# procure

«procure» in Mova's school dictionary: **to get or obtain something, often with some effort: "they…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (procure, procures, procured, procuring)

### meaning for a pupil

1) (formal) To procure means to get or obtain something, often with some effort: "they procured food for the journey". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#m1)

2) (formal) To procure supplies for a company or a government means to buy them officially. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In formal writing and exam language, "procure" is a stiff word for get or buy. In stories, adventurers procure maps, horses and supplies. Phrases: procure supplies, procure food, procure funds.

### examples

- The explorers procured food and water for the trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x1)
- The school procured new laptops for every class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x2)
- She managed to procure two tickets for the sold-out show. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x3)
- The army procured more boots. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x4)
- We need to procure a few more chairs for the concert. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x5)
- The detective procured a copy of the letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x6)
- "Tell me, and I will procure the pearl." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/#x7)

### note

Formal; everyday words: get, buy, find. Noun: procurement (buying for a company or government). Past: procured.

### In the corpora

- [Thus might we procure great evil against our own souls.'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.731/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «procure» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/procure/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.