procure

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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkjʊə/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /pɹəˈkjɔː/
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• General-American: /pɹəˈkjʊɹ/
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• General-American: /pɹəˈkjɝ/
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• rhymes with -ʊə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: P R OW0 K Y UH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English procuren, from Old French procurer, from Late Latin prōcūrāre (“to manage, administer”), from prō (“on behalf of”) + cūrō (“to care for”).

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: получавам (polučavam) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Bulgarian: набавям си (nabavjam si) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Chinese Cantonese: 獲得 /获得 (wok6 dak1) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Dutch: verwerven — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Dutch: verkrijgen — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Finnish: hankkia — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• French: acquérir — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• French: obtenir — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• German: beschaffen — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• German: erwerben — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• German: besorgen — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• German: aufbringen — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• German: verschaffen — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• German: beibringen — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Ancient Greek: κτάομαι (ktáomai) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Ancient Greek: πορίζομαι (porízomai) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Hungarian: beszerez — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Hungarian: szerez — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Hungarian: megszerez — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Hungarian: szert tesz — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Italian: procurare — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Italian: approvvigionare — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Italian: acquistare — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Italian: ottenere — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Māori: haha — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Māori: kaitaonga — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Middle English: procuren — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Norwegian Bokmål: skaffe — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Norwegian Bokmål: tilveiebringe — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Portuguese: obter — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Portuguese: conseguir — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Russian: достава́ть (dostavátʹ) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Russian: добыва́ть (dobyvátʹ) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Sanskrit: लभते (labhate) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Spanish: procurar — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Swedish: skaffa — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Swedish: införskaffa — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Swedish: anskaffa — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Tocharian B: täk- — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Yiddish: דערקאַזשען (derkazhen) — to acquire or obtain an item or service
• Bulgarian: своднича (svodniča) — to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
• Finnish: parittaa — to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
• French: proxénétisme — to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
• German: zuführen — to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
• German: kuppeln — to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
• German: vermitteln — to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
• Hungarian: kerít — to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
• Russian: сводничать (svodničatʹ) — to obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else
• Finnish: yllyttää — to induce or persuade someone to do something
• German: anstiften — to induce or persuade someone to do something
• German: verleiten — to induce or persuade someone to do something
• German: überreden — to induce or persuade someone to do something
• Middle English: procuren — to induce or persuade someone to do something
• Polish: stręczyć — to induce or persuade someone to do something
• Russian: подгова́ривать (podgovárivatʹ) — to induce or persuade someone to do something