Where did you procure the information?
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Procure
//pɹəˈkjʊə//
Synonyms for "procure" (181 found)
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Closest matches (37)
Strong matches (54)
Related words (90)
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8 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 19 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κτάομαι verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- πορίζομαι verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Bulgarian
3 entries- набавям си verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- получавам verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- своднича verb (to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 獲得 /获得 verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Dutch
2 entries- verkrijgen verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- verwerven verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Finnish
3 entries- hankkia verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- parittaa verb (to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else)
- yllyttää verb (to induce or persuade someone to do something)
French
3 entries- acquérir verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- obtenir verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- proxénétisme verb (to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else)
German
4 entries- anstiften verb (to induce or persuade someone to do something)
- aufbringen verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- beibringen verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- beschaffen verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Hungarian
4 entries- beszerez verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- kerít verb (to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else)
- megszerez verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- szerez verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Italian
4 entries- acquistare verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- approvvigionare verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- ottenere verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- procurare verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Māori
2 entries- haha verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- kaitaonga verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- skaffe verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- tilveiebringe verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Polish
1 entries- stręczyć verb (to induce or persuade someone to do something)
Portuguese
2 entries- conseguir verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- obter verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Russian
4 entries- добыва́ть verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- достава́ть verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- подгова́ривать verb (to induce or persuade someone to do something)
- сводничать verb (to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लभते verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Spanish
1 entries- procurar verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Swedish
3 entries- anskaffa verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- införskaffa verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
- skaffa verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Tocharian B
1 entries- täk verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Yiddish
1 entries- דערקאַזשען verb (to acquire or obtain an item or service)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
An admiring fan once asked Christopher Columbus how he managed to procure funding for all of his amazing journeys. Columbus then took the fan to an abandoned alley, took out a pistol, and said "That's how."
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This decision was a self-serving measure designed to procure immunity from prosecution.
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The art of taxation consists in so plucking the goose as to procure the largest quantity of feathers with the least possible amount of hissing.
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