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- Dictionaryprocure/prəˈkjʊə/
verb
- 1. obtain (something), especially with care or effort: "food procured for the rebels" Similar
- 2. persuade or cause (someone) to do something: "he procured his wife to sign the mandate for the joint account"
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PROCURE definition: 1. to get something, especially after an effort: 2. to get a prostitute for someone else to have…. Learn more.
The meaning of PROCURE is to get possession of (something) : to obtain (something) by particular care and effort. How to use procure in a sentence. Distinctive Meanings of Procure
to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence. Synonyms: win, gain. Antonyms: lose. to bring about, especially by unscrupulous and indirect means: to procure secret documents. Synonyms: contrive. to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution.
If you procure something, you get it or bring it about by special effort. Procure's synonym obtain is a little formal, but less formal than procure itself. The noun procurement commonly refers to the obtaining of materials and supplies.
Definition of procure verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
If you procure something, especially something that is difficult to get, you obtain it. [ formal ] It remained very difficult to procure food, fuel and other daily necessities.
verb. procured, procures, procuring. To obtain persons, esp. women, for the purpose of prostitution. Webster's New World. To get or bring about by some effort; obtain; secure. To procure supplies, work, a settlement, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To bring about; effect. Procure a solution to a knotty problem. American Heritage.
1. to obtain by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure secret documents. 2. to bring about, esp. by complicated or indirect means. 3. to obtain (a person) for the purpose of prostitution. v.i. 4. to act as a procurer or pimp.
PROCURE definition: to obtain something that is difficult to get. Learn more.
procure. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English pro‧cure /prəˈkjʊə $ proʊˈkjʊr/ verb [ transitive] formal 1 to obtain something, especially something that is difficult to get procure something for somebody He was accused of procuring weapons for terrorists. 2 to provide a prostitute for someone —procurable adjective ...
