## Meanings
1. A condition or rule in a law or contract.
2. The act of supplying something that people need.
3. Supplies of food and other necessary things kept for future use.
4. To supply someone or something with provisions, especially food.

## Examples
- Under the provisions of the new law, smoking is banned indoors.
- The government is responsible for the provision of health care.
- They packed enough provisions for the long journey.
- The ship was provisioned for a six-month voyage.

## Synonyms
- supply
- victual

## Derived Forms
- improvision
- overprovision
- preprovision
- provisionary
- provisioner
- provisionless
- provisionment
- reprovision
- underprovision
- unprovision
- unprovisioned

## Related Forms
- deprovision
- provide
- provisional
- provisionings

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: provisioun
- Root: provision
- Root: prōvīsiō

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

## AI Etymology
Provision comes from Middle English provisioun, from Old French provisïon, from Latin prōvīsiō (“preparation, foresight”), from prōvidēre (“provide”). The historical chain includes *per- (Proto-Indo-European), provisioun (Middle English), provision (Old French), prōvīsiō (Latin). In present-day English it covers a condition or rule in a law or contract, the act of supplying something that people need, and supplies of food and other necessary things kept for future use. The wider family includes derived forms such as improvision, overprovision, preprovision, provisionary, provisioner and related forms such as deprovision, provide, provisional, provisionings.

## Topics
- Law & Government
- Actions & Processes

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