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provenance

noun

NAmE//ˈprɑvənəns//

, NAmE//ˈprɑvəˌnɑns//

[uncountable, countable] (technology)

the place that something originally came from synonym origin All the furniture is of English provenance. There's no proof about the provenance of the painting (= whether it is genuine or not).

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Nearby words

prove verb
proven adjective
provenance noun
Provençal noun
pro-verb noun