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Provided vs Steerage - What's the difference?

provided | steerage |

As a conjunction provided

is only if (the stipulation that follows is true).

As a verb provided

is (provide).

As a noun steerage is

(uncountable) the art of steering.

provided

English

Conjunction

(head) (also provided that )
  • Only if (the stipulation that follows is true).
  • You can go to the party provided you finish all your homework first.

    Synonyms

    * on condition that * only if * provided that * providing * as long as

    Verb

    (head)
  • (provide)
  • Statistics

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    steerage

    Noun

  • (uncountable) The art of steering.
  • (countable) The section of a passenger ship that provided inexpensive accommodation with no individual cabins.
  • *1896 , Henry Lawson, For`ard
  • *:It is stuffy in the steerage where the second-classers sleep,
  • *:For there's near a hundred for'ard, and they're stowed away like sheep
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
  • , title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad , chapter=1 citation , passage=“I have visited my quarters, and find them very comfortable.
  • (countable) The effect of the helm on a ship.
  • Derived terms

    * steerageway