Procure
verb
To obtain or get something, especially with effort.
He was able to procure a loan from the bank.
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- procure a loan
- procure a permit
verb
To arrange or achieve something.
She hired an agent to procure acting roles for her.
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- procure a deal
- procure an agreement
verb
To provide or supply something.
Their company procures equipment for the military.
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- procure equipment
- procure supplies
verb
To obtain or get something, especially with effort.
He was able to procure a loan from the bank.
Often appears as...
- procure a loan
- procure a permit
verb
To arrange or achieve something.
She hired an agent to procure acting roles for her.
Often appears as...
- procure a deal
- procure an agreement
verb
To provide or supply something.
Their company procures equipment for the military.
Often appears as...
- procure equipment
- procure supplies
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Required
Use 'procure' when effort is made to get something, not when it's easily available.
She managed to procure rare ingredients for the recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3More Than Shopping
'Procure' is not just for buying, but for any means of obtaining, even borrowing.
He procured the historical records from the archive.
Pro Tip 3/3Slightly Formal
The word 'procure' is slightly formal; use it in business or official contexts.
We must procure the necessary permits to start construction.
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Required
Use 'procure' when effort is made to get something, not when it's easily available.
She managed to procure rare ingredients for the recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3More Than Shopping
'Procure' is not just for buying, but for any means of obtaining, even borrowing.
He procured the historical records from the archive.
Pro Tip 3/3Slightly Formal
The word 'procure' is slightly formal; use it in business or official contexts.
We must procure the necessary permits to start construction.
Pro Tip 1/3Effort Required
Use 'procure' when effort is made to get something, not when it's easily available.
She managed to procure rare ingredients for the recipe.
Pro Tip 2/3More Than Shopping
'Procure' is not just for buying, but for any means of obtaining, even borrowing.
He procured the historical records from the archive.
Pro Tip 3/3Slightly Formal
The word 'procure' is slightly formal; use it in business or official contexts.
We must procure the necessary permits to start construction.
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Bridges should be...
which was procured through a design competition. And I think we need to start talking to those people who procure our bridges and our structures, because it's the procurement which is often the key. Design competitions is one way to get good design, but it's not the only one. There's an awful lot of procurement going on
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The Norse myth that...
He decided he would let them go in exchange for gold, as was the custom, but only if they could fill the otter pelt with the finest gold until not even a hair was visible. Because of how the otter skin stretched, this meant procuring a nearly impossible amount—
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Alastair Parvin:...
the only people who can make cities are large organizations or corporations who build on our behalf, procuring whole neighborhoods in single, monolithic projects, and of course, form follows finance. So what you end up with are single, monolithic neighborhoods
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How the mysterious dark...
And that's one of the reasons why I think many of you here will be on the dark net fairly soon. Not that I'm suggesting anyone in this audience would use it to go and procure high-quality narcotics. But let's say for a moment that you were.
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A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
and motivate farmers to move away from rice plastic is very cheap true but I can make it as cheap I can with volumes and once when I get the volumes I get on to the farmers directly and start procuring raw materials directly from
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The dark history of the...
Chinese citizen Chae Chan Ping was ready for a visit home. He procured the necessary documents for his departure and return journey, and set sail for China, where he spent the next year reconnecting with friends and family.
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Paola Antonelli: Why I...
It looks at the territory of the United States as if it were a wheat field that is procured by the winds and that is really giving you a pictorial image of what's going on with the winds in the United States.
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Sheena Iyengar: The art...
were two packets of sugar. My failure to procure myself a cup of sweet, green tea was not due to a simple misunderstanding. This was due to a fundamental difference in our ideas about choice.
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The opportunity of...
that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them, when in fact, today I'm celebrated for the opportunities and adventures my life has procured.
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The quest for the...
and we are now procuring a global stockpile of a half a million doses. But let me just say, Chris, the reason they came so quickly at that moment is, after September 11th,
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Bridges should be...
which was procured through a design competition. And I think we need to start talking to those people who procure our bridges and our structures, because it's the procurement which is often the key. Design competitions is one way to get good design, but it's not the only one. There's an awful lot of procurement going on
Video examples
The Norse myth that...
He decided he would let them go in exchange for gold, as was the custom, but only if they could fill the otter pelt with the finest gold until not even a hair was visible. Because of how the otter skin stretched, this meant procuring a nearly impossible amount—
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Alastair Parvin:...
the only people who can make cities are large organizations or corporations who build on our behalf, procuring whole neighborhoods in single, monolithic projects, and of course, form follows finance. So what you end up with are single, monolithic neighborhoods
Video examples
How the mysterious dark...
And that's one of the reasons why I think many of you here will be on the dark net fairly soon. Not that I'm suggesting anyone in this audience would use it to go and procure high-quality narcotics. But let's say for a moment that you were.
Video examples
A Spoon You Can Eat Is a...
and motivate farmers to move away from rice plastic is very cheap true but I can make it as cheap I can with volumes and once when I get the volumes I get on to the farmers directly and start procuring raw materials directly from
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The dark history of the...
Chinese citizen Chae Chan Ping was ready for a visit home. He procured the necessary documents for his departure and return journey, and set sail for China, where he spent the next year reconnecting with friends and family.
Video examples
Paola Antonelli: Why I...
It looks at the territory of the United States as if it were a wheat field that is procured by the winds and that is really giving you a pictorial image of what's going on with the winds in the United States.
Video examples
Sheena Iyengar: The art...
were two packets of sugar. My failure to procure myself a cup of sweet, green tea was not due to a simple misunderstanding. This was due to a fundamental difference in our ideas about choice.
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The opportunity of...
that perceived someone like me to have nothing positive whatsoever going for them, when in fact, today I'm celebrated for the opportunities and adventures my life has procured.
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The quest for the...
and we are now procuring a global stockpile of a half a million doses. But let me just say, Chris, the reason they came so quickly at that moment is, after September 11th,
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Quote examples
Jonathan Zittrain
American Educator
The increasing legal pressure against archives has created anxieties among researchers, librarians, and journalists. They cite the need to protect sources who wish to make a record for posterity; procuring documents and interviews from those sources will be difficult if the fruits are only one subpoena away from disclosure.
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Theodor Mommsen
German Historian
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share.
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Markus Wolf
German Public Servant
There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who for, what service they worked for, and for a variety reasons got jailed, were tried and sentenced.
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Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.
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Andrew Forrest
Australian Businessman
The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.
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George Washington
American President
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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Epictetus
Greek Philosopher
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
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Baba Kalyani
Indian Businessman
India is the second biggest defence procurer in the world after the U.S.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.
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Jonathan Zittrain
American Educator
The increasing legal pressure against archives has created anxieties among researchers, librarians, and journalists. They cite the need to protect sources who wish to make a record for posterity; procuring documents and interviews from those sources will be difficult if the fruits are only one subpoena away from disclosure.
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Theodor Mommsen
German Historian
An independent state does not pay too dear a price for its independence in accepting the sufferings of war when it cannot avoid them; a state which has lost its independence may find at least some compensation in the fact that its protector procures for it peace with its neighbours.
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Virginia Woolf
British Author
If you insist upon fighting to protect me, or 'our' country, let it be understood soberly and rationally between us that you are fighting to gratify a sex instinct which I cannot share; to procure benefits where I have not shared and probably will not share.
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Markus Wolf
German Public Servant
There were some tragic cases of women whose love was abused, who for a certain time procured important documents or information, not knowing who for, what service they worked for, and for a variety reasons got jailed, were tried and sentenced.
Quote examples
Maria Montessori
Italian Educator
We cannot create observers by saying 'observe', but by giving them the power and the means for this observation and these means are procured through education of the senses.
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Andrew Forrest
Australian Businessman
The most generous part of your philanthropy could be the time you put in to procure the same results and same outcomes and same returns you demand in business.
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George Washington
American President
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Quote examples
Epictetus
Greek Philosopher
Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.
Quote examples
Baba Kalyani
Indian Businessman
India is the second biggest defence procurer in the world after the U.S.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.
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