provision
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 →
2) Provisions (plural): supplies of food and drink for a journey. tree →
3) A plan made for something that may happen: make provision for bad weather. tree →
4) (formal) A condition or rule in a law or agreement. tree →
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 →
- The sailors ran low on provisions. tree →
- The school makes provision for pupils with allergies. tree →
- The provision of clean water saves lives. tree →
- We made provision for rain by packing umbrellas. tree →
- The law has a provision about safety at work. tree →
- It was placed in the provision basket with ham and cheese and sausages. tree →
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.
- And Solomon's provision for one day was thirty measures of fine flour, and threescore measures of meal;
- Man did eat the bread of the mighty; He sent them provisions to the full.
- I will abundantly bless her provision; I will give her needy bread in plenty.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «provision» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.