Collocations for "provisions"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "provisions" in context.
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provision
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- provisions are running low
- [food, water, military] provisions
- lacking in [basic, daily, essential] provisions
- basic provisions like [running water, electricity]
- the provision of [healthcare, unemployment insurance]
- make provisions for [any outcome, every possibility, everything]
- make [provisions, a provision] for [bad debts, late payers, failed investments]
- make provisions for the [possibility, scenario]
- the provisions of the contract
- the contract's provisions
- the provisions are outlined in the contract
- a provision in case of
- a provision to cover
- a provision written into the contract
- any contract provisions must be (approved previously)
- a provision to [meet, allow, ensure, make]
- a provision that [opposes, requires, allows]
- the provision [does not apply, applies] to
- the provision was intended to
- provision for [a disaster, unexpected events, losses]
- provision against [a disaster]
- the [bank, government, company] provisioned for [a disaster]
- [measures, funds, laws] to provision for [a disaster]
- provision for the [winter, fall, battle]
- provision [food, water, crops, fruit, wood]
- provision the [army, soldiers, elderly]
- [well, adequately, poorly] provisioned
- failed to provision for [this, the]
'provisions' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):