Synonyms for procure
proʊˈkyʊər, prə-pro·cure

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1. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   obtain, purchase, buy

2. procureverb

   To acquire or obtain an item or service, sometimes rare, usually by extra effort.

   Synonyms:
   obtain, purchase, buy

3. procureverb

   To obtain a person as a prostitute for somebody else.

   Synonyms:
   purchase, obtain, buy

4. procureverb

   To induce or persuade someone to do something.

   Synonyms:
   purchase, obtain, buy

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1. procure

   A person may obtain a situation by the intercession of friends, he procures a dinner by paying for it. Attain is a lofty word, pointing to some high or desirable result; a man attains the mountain summit, he attains honor or learning as the result of strenuous and earnest labor. Even that usage of attain which has been thought to refer to mere progress of time carries the thought of a result desired; as, to attain to old age; the man desires to live to a good old age; we should not speak of his attaining his dotage. One may attain an object that will prove not worth his labor, but what he achieves is in itself great and splendid; as, the Greeks at Marathon achieved a glorious victory. Compare DO; GET; REACH.

   Synonyms:
   accomplish, achieve, acquire, arrive at, attain, compass, earn, gain, get, grasp, master, obtain, reach, secure, win

   Antonyms:
   abandon, fail, forfeit, give up, let go, lose, miss

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1. procure

   Synonyms:
   acquire, provide, gain, get, contrive, effect, reap, win, earn, bring about

   Antonyms:
   miss, lose, forfeit, misprovide, miscontrive

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1. procure, secureverb

   get by special effort

   "He procured extra cigarettes even though they were rationed"

   Synonyms:
   fasten, plug, stop up, batten down, insure, pander, guarantee, ensure, secure, assure, batten, fix, pimp

2. pander, pimp, procureverb

   arrange for sexual partners for others

   Synonyms:
   secure, pimp, gratify, pander, indulge

Matched Categories

1. • Obtain
   • Supply

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1. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   get, acquire, obtain, earn, win, achieve, gain, provide, furnish

2. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   contrive, compass, cause, effect, bring about

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1. procureverb

   Synonyms:
   get, obtain, acquire

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1. List of paraphrases for "procure":

   acquire, purchase, buy, obtain, procurement

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How to use procure in a sentence?

1. Jenny Higgins:

   Someone might look into alternatives such as herbs, spend time trying to gather information, procure that substance, take the herb, take it again, take it again, and by then, they are later in gestation and maybe even less likely to be able to access effective methods, there's a real-time constraint here.

2. Guo Ping:

   Qualcomm has always been an important partner of United States, if they get the license, we're willing to procure from them and use their chipsets in our smartphones.

3. Rachel Johnson:

   We are moving to procure a company to do shoring and bracing of the walls to assure there is no risk.

4. Emma Tinker:

   Amazon's long-term commitment to procure 100 % of the power from our wind farms in Cork, Donegal, and Galway enabled Invis to finance these projects and build them without the need for government subsidies, saving energy consumer tens of millions of euros, these projects represent a significant proportion of wind projects in construction in Ireland today, and support jobs and investment in this critical sector as the country moves towards meeting 80 % of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

5. Lloyd Austin:

   I have directed The Defense Department to use every resource at our disposal, within our authority, to support U.S. interagency efforts to rapidly provide India's frontline healthcare workers with the materials they need. We are currently assessing the equipment we can both procure and draw from our own inventory in the coming days and weeks.