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''proviso'' ▫ᴱᴺ｜Definition｜1st｜20260331180822-00-⌔

proviso - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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Noun

proviso (plural provisos or provisoes)

• A conditional provision to an agreement.
  • ✤ Now, with all these provisos in mind, what’s the best way to put spinach to work? All due respect to Popeye, a can may not be the tastiest way to introduce it to your table.¹
  • ✤ The biggest change in the governance of American horse racing was tucked into a 2020 federal spending bill. That proviso ultimately created the national Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority, or HISA – a move that, after three previous legislative attempts, found support from federal lawmakers after a particularly deadly season at a California racetrack.²
  • ✤ The writing has been on the wall that Americans’ support for mass deportation was subject to all kinds of caveats and provisos.³

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin proviso (“it being provided”), ablative singular neuter of provisus, past participle of providere (“to provide”); see provide.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pɹəˈvaɪzoʊ/
• Audio (Southern England): 🔊
• Audio (US): 🔊

Printed 2026-06-28.

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Footnotes

1. 2021 July 1, Gregory McNamee, “Does spinach make you strong? Ask Popeye – and science”, in CNN ‎${}^{[1]}$, archived from the original on 24 August 2025: ↩

2. 2023 June 10, Majlie de Puy Kamp, Curt Devine, Audrey Ash, Casey Tolan, Allison Gordon and Pamela Brown, “As horse racing’s best trainers rake in millions, records show they’ve violated rules aimed at keeping the animals safe”, in CNN ‎${}^{[2]}$, archived from the original on 4 March 2025: ↩

3. 2025 July 13, Aaron Blake, “Trump’s mass deportation is backfiring”, in CNN ‎${}^{[3]}$, archived from the original on 17 July 2025: ↩

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