Provision has 3 syllables and the stress is on the second syllable.
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| 1. | Fortunately, the law had anticipated and made a provision for that case. | |
| 2. | The new agreement included a provision that dealt with the ramifications of the outbreak of a war. | |
| 3. | There was a provision in his will for his mistress. | |
| 4. | Tom's business was awarded the contract to provision a team of scientists for their polar expedition. | |
| 5. | "Alright, I think you'll agree to this one." "I am NOT dressing as a banana." "The Equestrian ponies want you to dress as a banana. It is your civic duty. ...Look, I have been making compromises. My new provision only makes you dress as a banana during state functions." "It does not belong in a budget plan, Luna." "Well, how else am I supposed to get you to dress as a banana? You have refused to be open to negotiations!" "You know we have two weeks to agree on a proper budget." Two weeks later, after no agreement could be reached, the violence began. | |
| 6. | The young folks now often shared their milk and wine, and made a common meal of the food which they had brought from home as provision for the day; and the sheep might sooner have been seen to disperse and browse apart, than Daphnis to separate himself from Chloe. | |
| 7. | The free access which many young people have to romances, novels, and plays has poisoned the mind and corrupted the morals of many a promising youth; and prevented others from improving their minds in useful knowledge. Parents take care to feed their children with wholesome diet; and yet how unconcerned about the provision for the mind, whether they are furnished with salutary food, or with trash, chaff, or poison? | |
| 8. | The provision for warranty expense is generally established for specific losses, along with historical estimates of customer claims as a percentage of sales, which can cause variability in warranty expense between quarters. | |
| 9. | And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways, and bring your youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison: and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will. | |
| 10. | See that the Lord hath given you the sabbath, and for this reason on the sixth day he giveth you a double provision: let each man stay at home, and let none go forth out of his place the seventh day. |