Klryz
Pronunciation guide: IPA symbols, stress and word endings

Vowels

iːseeɪsite / ɛbedæcat
ɑːfatherɒhot (UK)ɔːlawʊput
uːtooʌcupɜːbirdəabout
eɪdayaɪmyɔɪboyaʊnow
əʊ / oʊgo (UK / US)ɪəneareəhairʊətour

Consonants that look unusual

θthinðthisʃsheʒmeasure
tʃchurchdʒjudgeŋsingjyes

p b t d k g f v s z h m n l r w sound as in ordinary English spelling.

Marks

  • ˈ main stress, before the stressed syllable: /ˈwɔːtə/ water · ˌ lighter (secondary) stress: /ˌʌndəˈstænd/ understand
  • ː a long vowel · (r) an r said only in accents that pronounce it (most American, Scottish, Irish)

Common word endings

  • -s / -es (plurals; he/she form of verbs): /s/ after voiceless sounds (cats), /z/ after voiced (dogs), /ɪz/ after s, z, sh, ch, j sounds (buses, watches). Spelling: -es after s, x, z, ch, sh; consonant + y → -ies (city → cities).
  • -ed (past): /t/ after voiceless sounds (walked), /d/ after voiced (played), /ɪd/ after t or d (wanted). Spelling: love → loved, stop → stopped, carry → carried.
  • -ing: make → making, run → running, see → seeing.
  • Irregular: go, went, gone · be, was, been · see, saw, seen · man → men · child → children · mouse → mice.
  • Older (King James) forms: -eth = -s (he loveth = he loves) · -est with “thou” (thou lovest) · spake = spoke.

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provision

/pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən/ noun, verb

Forms provisions provisioning provisioned

  1. noun An item of goods or supplies, especially food, obtained for future use.
  2. noun The act of providing, or making previous preparation.
  3. noun Money set aside for a future event.
  4. noun (accounting) A liability or contra account to recognise likely future adverse events associated with current transactions. “We increased our provision for bad debts on credit sales going into the recession.”
  5. noun (law) A clause in a legal instrument, a law, etc., providing for a particular matter; stipulation; proviso. “An arrest shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this Act.”
  6. noun (Roman Catholicism) Regular induction into a benefice, comprehending nomination, collation, and installation.
  7. noun (UK, historical) A nomination by the pope to a benefice before it became vacant, depriving the patron of his right of presentation.
  8. verb (transitive) To supply with provisions. “to provision an army”
  9. verb (transitive, computing) 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.

Synonyms

condition disposition stipulation supply victual proviso supplying planning preparation purvey

Antonyms

deprovision

Etymology

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

Webster’s 1913

  1. noun The act of providing, or making previous preparation. Shak.
  2. noun That which is provided or prepared; that which is brought together or arranged in advance; measures taken beforehand; preparation.
  3. verb To supply with food; to victual; as, to provision a garrison.

Etymology [L. provisio: cf. F. provision. See Provide.]

Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “provision”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details

Sanskrit

Sanskrit dictionary entries whose meaning includes “provision” (best matches first).

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