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# provision

«provision» in Mova's school dictionary: **Giving or supplying something people need: the provision…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 4 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a provision, provisions; also uncountable provision); verb (provision, provisions, provisioned, provisioning — formal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Giving or supplying something people need: the provision of food or school places. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#m1)

2) Provisions (plural): supplies of food and drink for a journey. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#m2)

3) A plan made for something that may happen: make provision for bad weather. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#m3)

4) (formal) A condition or rule in a law or agreement. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history and stories, explorers and sailors pack provisions for long journeys. In formal and exam language it means supply or arrangement: provision of services. In maths, provisions appear in sharing problems: food for 10 people for 5 days. Phrases: make provision for, run out of provisions.

### examples

- The explorers carried provisions for three weeks. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#x1)
- The sailors ran low on provisions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#x2)
- The school makes provision for pupils with allergies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#x3)
- The provision of clean water saves lives. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#x4)
- We made provision for rain by packing umbrellas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#x5)
- The law has a provision about safety at work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#x6)
- It was placed in the provision basket with ham and cheese and sausages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provision/#x7)

### note

In the sense «supplies» it is usually plural: provisions. A typical maths problem: provisions for 8 people for 6 days last 4 people for 12 days (people × days stays the same).

### In the corpora

- [And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JOS.205/)
- [And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/1KI.158/)
- [Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.1352/)
- [I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2446/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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