provision

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a stipulated condition
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

From Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”).

I will give orders for provision. — Kim, Rudyard Kipling
Provisions, masts, sails, and oars, etc., were thrown in. — The World of Ice, R. M. (Robert Michael) Ballantyne
You might, perhaps, fight a provision in the will. — By Advice of Counsel, Arthur Cheney Train

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