📖 P — The English dictionary · page 70

provider — Everyday, meaning 1: A provider is a person or company that supplies something people need, such as electricity, internet or health care.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A provider is a person who earns money to support a family.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) A provider can be any person or group that gives a service, like a childcare provider.↗ Example: Our internet provider is changing the router.↗ · Dad is the main provider in our family since Mum is studying.↗ · The health care provider sent a letter about my check-up.↗ · The energy provider raised its prices.↗ · The nursery is a good childcare provider.↗ · Christians thank God as the provider of their daily bread.↗

province — Everyday, meaning 1: A large part of a country with its own local government, like Ontario in Canada.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: the provinces (UK, plural) All of a country outside the capital city.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: An area of knowledge or responsibility: «Cooking is Dad's province.».↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (church) A group of dioceses under an archbishop.↗ Example: Canada is made up of provinces and territories.↗ · Ontario is the most populous province of Canada.↗ · Ireland has four provinces, including Munster.↗ · My cousins live out in the provinces, far from London.↗ · Gardening is Granny's province.↗ · That question is outside my province, ask the science teacher.↗ · The archbishop leads the church province.↗ · Long, long ago there was a large plain called Adachigahara, in the province of Mutsu in Japan.↗ · He made these, as it were provinces, and arranged them as in order of battle for warfare.↗ (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)↗ · Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, in the province of Babylon.↗ (Writings DAN.3.30, JPS 1917)↗ · She that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary!↗ (Writings LAM.1.1, JPS 1917)↗ · So these went out of the city, the young men of the princes of the provinces, and the army which followed them.↗ (Prophets 1KI.20.19, JPS 1917)↗

provincial — Everyday, meaning 1: Provincial means belonging to a province or a region outside the capital city.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Provincial can also mean old-fashioned or narrow-minded, as if from the countryside.↗ Example: The word is provincial and nobody in the city uses it.↗ · The old schoolmaster called the lad a provincial.↗ · Our provincial town has one shop and one bus.↗

provision — Everyday, meaning 1: Giving or supplying something people need: the provision of food or school places.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Provisions (plural): supplies of food and drink for a journey.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: A plan made for something that may happen: make provision for bad weather.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: (formal) A condition or rule in a law or agreement.↗ Example: The explorers carried provisions for three weeks.↗ · The sailors ran low on provisions.↗ · The school makes provision for pupils with allergies.↗ · The provision of clean water saves lives.↗ · We made provision for rain by packing umbrellas.↗ · The law has a provision about safety at work.↗ · It was placed in the provision basket with ham and cheese and sausages.↗ · And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.↗ (Torah GEN.45.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus was it done unto them.↗ (Torah GEN.42.25, JPS 1917)↗ · I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty.↗ (Writings PSA.132.15, JPS 1917)↗ · And the men took of their provision, and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.↗ (Prophets JOS.9.14, JPS 1917)↗ · And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal; (Prophets 1KI.5.2, JPS 1917)↗

provisional — Everyday, meaning 1: Provisional means for now, not final, and likely to change later.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (UK) A provisional driving licence is the first licence a learner driver gets.↗ Example: The trip is on a provisional date of 5 May.↗ · These results are provisional and may change.↗ · My sister got her provisional licence.↗ · The team list is provisional until Friday.↗ · The provisional government ran the country after the revolution.↗ · This is a provisional plan, so check again later.↗

provisions — Everyday, meaning 1: Provisions are supplies of food and drink, especially taken on a journey.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Provision is the act of providing something people need: provision of clean water.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (formal) A provision is a part of a law or agreement that says what must happen.↗ Example: The sailors loaded provisions for a long voyage.↗ · We packed provisions for the hike: sandwiches, fruit and water.↗ · The castle had enough provisions for a long siege.↗ · The town needs better provision of buses.↗ · A provision in the rules says pets are not allowed.↗ · Our provisions ran out on the third day.↗ · With that the lady pulled out her provisions, and bade him eat and welcome.↗ · Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.↗ (Writings PSA.78.25, JPS 1917)↗

provocation — Everyday, meaning 1: Provocation is something done or said on purpose to make someone angry or to make them react.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: A provocation is one such action.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: «Without provocation» means without any reason.↗ Example: He hit the boy without any provocation.↗ · Don't react to provocation — walk away.↗ · She gets angry at the slightest provocation.↗ · The insults were a deliberate provocation.↗ · The dog bit the man without provocation.↗ · Under provocation, he stayed calm.↗ · Name-calling is provocation.↗ · The army saw the move as a provocation.↗ · The Eagle gave the first provocation in seizing upon and in eating the young ones of the Beetle.↗ · Were it not that I dreaded the enemy's provocation, lest their adversaries should misdeem, lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, and not the LORD hath wrought all this.'↗ (Torah DEU.32.27, JPS 1917)↗ · Surely there are mockers with me, and mine eye abideth in their provocation.↗ (Writings JOB.17.2, JPS 1917)↗ · Yea, when they had made them a molten calf, and said: 'This is thy God that brought thee up out of Egypt, and had wrought great provocations; (Writings NEH.9.18, JPS 1917)↗ · for the sins of Jeroboam which he sinned, and wherewith he made Israel to sin; because of his provocation wherewith he provoked the LORD, the God of Israel.↗ (Prophets 1KI.15.30, JPS 1917)↗

provoke — Everyday, meaning 1: To provoke someone is to annoy them on purpose to make them angry or react.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: To provoke a reaction or feeling is to cause it: «The film provoked laughter».↗ Everyday, meaning 3: To provoke an animal is to tease or bother it so it may attack.↗ Example: Don't provoke the dog — it might bite.↗ · He tried to provoke me by calling me names.↗ · The joke provoked a lot of laughter.↗ · The new rule provoked complaints.↗ · Never provoke a snake.↗ · Her question provoked a long discussion.↗ · My sister loves to provoke me.↗ · The speech provoked anger in the crowd.↗ · It is wiser to bear a single injury in silence than to provoke a thousand by flying into a rage.↗ · They roused Him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations did they provoke Him.↗ (Torah DEU.32.16, JPS 1917)↗ · And the LORD saw, and spurned, because of the provoking of His sons and His daughters.↗ (Torah DEU.32.19, JPS 1917)↗ · They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation.↗ (Torah DEU.32.21, JPS 1917)↗ · A people that provoke Me to My face continually, that sacrifice in gardens, and burn incense upon bricks; (Prophets ISA.65.3, JPS 1917)↗ · The tents of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure, in whatsoever God bringeth into their hand.↗ (Writings JOB.12.6, JPS 1917)↗ · Do they provoke Me? saith the LORD; do they not provoke themselves, to the confusion of their own faces?↗ (Prophets JER.7.19, JPS 1917)↗

provoked — Everyday, meaning 1: Provoked is the past form of provoke: made someone angry on purpose, or caused a reaction.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: As an adjective, a provoked attack is one caused by someone's action, not happening by itself.↗ Example: The bee stung him because he provoked it.↗ · The news provoked strong feelings.↗ · He was provoked into a fight.↗ · The snake attack was provoked.↗ · Her comment provoked giggles in class.↗ · The provoked bull charged.↗ · The attack was unprovoked, which made it worse.↗ · The boy said he was provoked, but hitting was still wrong.↗ · ‘All right, then,’ said her husband, somewhat provoked, ‘you can sing a song to the fairies.’↗ · They have roused Me to jealousy with a no-god; they have provoked Me with their vanities; and I will rouse them to jealousy with a no-people; I will provoke them with a vile nation.↗ (Torah DEU.32.21, JPS 1917)↗ · Yet they tried and provoked God, the Most High, and kept not His testimonies; (Writings PSA.78.56, JPS 1917)↗ · Thus they provoked Him with their doings, and the plague broke in upon them.↗ (Writings PSA.106.29, JPS 1917)↗ · For they provoked Him with their high places, and moved Him to jealousy with their graven images.↗ (Writings PSA.78.58, JPS 1917)↗

prow — Everyday, meaning 1: The prow is the front end of a boat or ship, the part that points forward through the water.↗ Example: He tied the rope to the prow of the boat.↗ · The sailor stood at the prow and looked for land.↗ · The ship's prow cut through the waves.↗

prowess — Everyday, meaning 1: Prowess is great skill or bravery, especially in fighting or in sport.↗ Example: The knight won fame by his prowess in battle.↗ · They boasted of their prowess at wrestling.↗ · His prowess in war was marvellous.↗

prowl — Everyday, meaning 1: To prowl is to move about quietly and secretly, often looking for food or for something to attack.↗ Example: The hungry wolf prowled around the farm.↗ · A cat prowled along the wall.↗ · Who is prowling about in the dark garden?↗

proximity — Everyday, meaning 1: (formal) Being near in space; closeness.↗ e.g. The house is in close proximity to the school.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: Being near in time or in relationship.↗ Example: Our school is in close proximity to the park.↗ · Do not play in the proximity of the railway.↗ · The proximity of the sea made the air salty.↗ · A proximity sensor stops the door closing on you.↗ · Trees growing in close proximity share water.↗ · The town's proximity to the airport makes it noisy.↗ · She used to value a lodging entirely according to its proximity to the theatre.↗

prudence — Everyday, meaning 1: Prudence is being careful and sensible, thinking ahead so you avoid risks and mistakes.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) Prudence is being careful with money, not wasting it and saving for the future.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (church, ethics) In Christian teaching, prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues: wisely choosing what is right.↗ Everyday, meaning 4: Prudence is also a girl's name.↗ Example: Prudence told her to wait until the ice was thick enough.↗ · The ant showed prudence by storing food for winter.↗ · With prudence, Grandma saved enough for a holiday.↗ · Prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues.↗ · It would be prudence, not cowardice, to turn back in the storm.↗ · The family used their money with prudence.↗ · At this splendid offer Peder's prudence gave way; it was a shame to let so much money go.↗ · I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.↗ (Writings PRO.8.12, JPS 1917)↗ · To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion; (Writings PRO.1.4, JPS 1917)↗ · O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.↗ (Writings PRO.8.5, JPS 1917)↗

prudent — Everyday, meaning 1: Prudent means careful and sensible, thinking ahead so you avoid danger or waste.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (formal) Prudent with money means saving and not spending carelessly.↗ Example: It is prudent to check the weather before a hike.↗ · A prudent squirrel stores nuts for winter.↗ · Saving some pocket money is prudent.↗ · (formal) It would be prudent to arrive early.↗ · She made a prudent decision not to swim in the rough sea.↗ · Prudent drivers slow down in the rain.↗ · It's prudent to back up your work.↗ · The prudent ant worked all summer.↗ · Be prudent and patient and all will go well.'↗ · Is counsel perished from the prudent?↗ (Prophets JER.49.7, JPS 1917)↗ · Every prudent man dealeth with forethought; but a fool unfoldeth folly.↗ (Writings PRO.13.16, JPS 1917)↗ · A fool's vexation is presently known; but a prudent man concealeth shame.↗ (Writings PRO.12.16, JPS 1917)↗

prudently — Everyday, meaning 1: In a careful, sensible way that avoids risk.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (money) Carefully with money, saving instead of wasting.↗ Example: She prudently saved half of her birthday money.↗ · The sailors prudently returned to harbour before the storm.↗ · He prudently checked the ice before stepping on it.↗ · Spend prudently, and you'll have money for the trip.↗ · The captain prudently ordered everyone to wear life jackets.↗ · We prudently packed raincoats.↗ · The bean, who had prudently stayed behind on the shore, could not but laugh at the event, was unable to stop, and laughed so heartily that she burst.↗

prune — Everyday, meaning 1: A prune is a dried plum, dark and wrinkly, eaten as a snack or cooked.↗ Everyday, meaning 2: (verb) To prune a tree or bush is to cut off some branches so it grows better.↗ Everyday, meaning 3: (verb) To prune something is to cut out parts you do not need, such as words in a story.↗ Example: Grandpa likes prunes with his breakfast.↗ · We pruned the apple tree in winter.↗ · Prunes are dried plums.↗ · After the bath my fingers looked like prunes.↗ · Prune your story so it is not too long.↗ · Dad pruned the hedge with shears.↗ · Six years thou shalt sow thy field, and six years thou shalt prune thy vineyard, and gather in the produce thereof.↗ (Torah LEV.25.3, JPS 1917)↗ · But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath unto the LORD; thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.↗ (Torah LEV.25.4, JPS 1917)↗ · Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning-hooks into spears; let the weak say: 'I am strong.'↗ (Prophets JOL.4.10, JPS 1917)↗ · And I will lay it waste: it shall not be pruned nor hoed, but there shall come up briers and thorns; I will also command the clouds that they rain no rain upon it.↗ (Prophets ISA.5.6, JPS 1917)↗ · For before the harvest, when the blossom is over, and the bud becometh a ripening grape, He will cut off the sprigs with pruning-hooks, and the shoots will He take away and lop off.↗ (Prophets ISA.18.5, JPS 1917)↗