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Definition of
provenance noun
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
provenance
noun
noun
NAmE
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ˈprɑvənəns
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NAmE
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ˈprɑvəˌnɑns
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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)
.
See
provenance
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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provenance
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prove
verb
proven
adjective
provenance
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Provençal
noun
pro-verb
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