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provision

/pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ verb C2
  1. To supply with provisions. (transitive) · to provision an army
  2. To supply (a user) with an account, resources, etc. so that they can use a system; to install the necessary software on a bare-bones system so it can be used for a specific purpose. (transitive)

He/she/it provisions · Past provisioned · Past participle provisioned · -ing form provisioning

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Verb forms

Base form
provision
He/she/it
provisions
Past
provisioned
Past participle
provisioned
-ing form
provisioning

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And thus they both, along with their families, perished from hunger, and afforded ample provision for the Cat and her kittens.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 63 · B2
Roylott entirely while we resided with him, with a provision that a certain annual sum should be allowed to each of us in the event of our marriage.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 40 · B2
Without thinking highly either of men or of matrimony, marriage had always been her object: it was the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune, and, however uncertain of giving happiness, must be their pleasantest preservative from want.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 143 · B2
There is only one provision which I must make.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 55 · C1

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