| provision | | |
| n. (communication) | 1. provision, proviso | a stipulated condition.; "he accepted subject to one provision" |
| ~ precondition, condition, stipulation | an assumption on which rests the validity or effect of something else. |
| n. (act) | 2. provision, supply, supplying | the activity of supplying or providing something. |
| ~ activity | any specific behavior.; "they avoided all recreational activity" |
| ~ irrigation | supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc. |
| ~ alimentation, feeding | the act of supplying food and nourishment. |
| ~ fueling, refueling | the activity of supplying or taking on fuel. |
| ~ care delivery, health care delivery, healthcare delivery | the provision of health care. |
| ~ issuance, issuing, issue | the act of providing an item for general use or for official purposes (usually in quantity).; "a new issue of stamps"; "the last issue of penicillin was over a month ago" |
| ~ logistics | handling an operation that involves providing labor and materials be supplied as needed. |
| ~ purveyance | the act of supplying something. |
| ~ stocking | the activity of supplying a stock of something.; "he supervised the stocking of the stream with trout" |
| ~ subvention | the act or process of providing aid or help of any sort. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. planning, preparation, provision | the cognitive process of thinking about what you will do in the event of something happening.; "his planning for retirement was hindered by several uncertainties" |
| ~ cerebration, intellection, mentation, thinking, thought process, thought | the process of using your mind to consider something carefully.; "thinking always made him frown"; "she paused for thought" |
| ~ arrangement, agreement | the thing arranged or agreed to.; "they made arrangements to meet in Chicago" |
| ~ applecart | the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart'. |
| ~ malice aforethought, mens rea | (law) criminal intent; the thoughts and intentions behind a wrongful act (including knowledge that the act is illegal); often at issue in murder trials. |
| ~ calculation, deliberation | planning something carefully and intentionally.; "it was the deliberation of his act that was insulting" |
| ~ forethought, premeditation | planning or plotting in advance of acting. |
| n. (possession) | 4. provision | a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms). |
| ~ fund, store, stock | a supply of something available for future use.; "he brought back a large store of Cuban cigars" |
| v. (possession) | 5. provision, purvey | supply with provisions. |
| ~ furnish, provide, supply, render | give something useful or necessary to.; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
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