Need and Provision

Need

Need noun - A state of being without something necessary, desirable, or useful.

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Provision and need are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Provision" instead a noun "Need".

Nearby Words: needed, needs, needy, needless, needful

Provision noun - Something upon which the carrying out of an agreement or offer depends.

Usage example: loaned them the car with the provision that they refill the gas tank before returning it

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Need and provision are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Need" instead a noun "Provision".

special	special need	special provision
particular	particular need	particular provision
specific	specific need	specific provision
actual	actual need	actual provision
Other adjectives: little, secret, last.

Ammunition is never a matter you need to personally provision, and aircraft fuel is managed for you behind the scenes.

Source: Video Game / XCOM: Enemy Unknown
This means that, in order to destroy the Red Army and win the war, they need to strike north—there also being a provision here for attacking Leningrad and Moscow in a secondary, follow-on operation that would surely do the trick even if the Soviets hadn't totally surrendered by that point.

Source: World War II / War In Europe And Africa

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