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dialect: His northern speech is peppered with provincialisms
unfamiliar to those who live in the south. 2 narrow-mindedness,
insularity, parochialism, narrowness, benightedness;
unsophisticatedness, simplicity, lack of awareness, na‹vety,
ingenuousness, innocence, inexperience: Their provincialism
made them suspicious of city people. There was something
charming about the provincialism of this rough man from the
outback.
provision n. 1 providing, supplying, furnishing; catering, victualling,
provisioning, purveyance, purveying, furnishing, equipping,
fitting out, outfitting, accoutrement, equipment: The school is
responsible for the provision of textbooks. The provision of a
cruise ship of that size requires days. 2 stipulation, proviso,
condition, restriction, qualification, clause, term, exception,
demand, requirement, prerequisite, Colloq catch, string, US
hooker: This provision of the contract calls for a penalty for
each day's delay beyond the guaranteed completion date. 3
preparation, prearrangement, arrangement, measures, steps: They
had failed to make provision for so many customers and soon ran
out of food. 4 Usually, provisions. supplies, stores, stockpile,
stock(s), quantity; food, foodstuffs, eatables, edibles,
drinkables, potables, victuals, viands, comestibles, rations,
groceries, provender, staples: We had enough provisions to last
a year.
--v. 5 stockpile, stock, supply, victual, cater, purvey: They
provisioned the expedition for a three-month period.
provisional
adj. 1 temporary, interim, provisionary, transitional, stopgap,
Colloq pro tem: The provisional government was expected to be
in place for less than a month. 2 conditional, contingent,
provisory, qualified, stipulatory, provisionary, probationary:
The appointment is provisional and will be reviewed in six
months.
proviso n. See provision, 2. above.
provocation
n. 1 grounds, reason, cause, justification, instigation,
initiation, incitement, stimulus, incentive, motivation, motive,
inducement: What was the provocation for that unpleasant