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Provide

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Verb

1. furnish, provide, render, supply

give something useful or necessary to

Example Sentences:
'We provided the room with an electrical heater'

2. cater, ply, provide, supply

give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

Example Sentences:
'The hostess provided lunch for all the guests'

3. provide

determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation

Example Sentences:
'The will provides that each child should receive half of the money'
'The Constitution provides for the right to free speech'

4. offer, provide, put up

mount or put up

Example Sentences:
'put up a good fight'
'offer resistance'

5. allow, allow for, leave, provide

make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

Example Sentences:
'This leaves no room for improvement'
'The evidence allows only one conclusion'
'allow for mistakes'
'leave lots of time for the trip'
'This procedure provides for lots of leeway'

6. bring home the bacon, provide

supply means of subsistence; earn a living

Example Sentences:
'He provides for his large family by working three jobs'
'Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon'

7. provide

take measures in preparation for

Example Sentences:
'provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Provide

see synonyms of provide
verb (mainly tr)
1. 
to put at the disposal of; furnish or supply
2. 
to afford; yield
this meeting provides an opportunity to talk
3. (intr; often foll by for or against)
to take careful precautions (over)
he provided against financial ruin by wise investment
4. (intransitive; foll by for)
to supply means of support (to), esp financially
he provides for his family
5. 
(in statutes, documents, etc) to determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), esp by including a proviso condition
6. 
to confer and induct into ecclesiastical offices
7. rare
to have or get in store
in summer many animals provide their winter food

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Provide

see synonyms of provide
verb transitiveWord forms: proˈvided or proˈviding
1.  Rare
to get ready beforehand
2. 
to make available; supply
3. 
to supply (someone) with something
4. 
to state as a condition; stipulate
verb intransitive
5. 
to prepare (for or against some probable or possible situation, occurrence, etc.)
6. 
to make a condition; stipulate
7. 
to furnish the means of support
usually with for

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Provide

see synonyms of provide
v. pro·vid·ed, pro·vid·ing, pro·vides
v.tr.
1.
a. To make available (something needed or desired); furnish: provide food and shelter for a family.
b. To supply something needed or desired to: provided her family with food.
2. To have as an available or desirable feature; afford: a room that provides ample sunlight through French windows.
3. To set down as a stipulation or requirement: an agreement that provides deadlines for completion of the work.
4. Archaic To make ready ahead of time; prepare.
v.intr.
1. To take measures in preparation: provided for the common defense of the states in time of war.
2. To supply means of subsistence: She provides for her family by working in a hospital.
3. To make a stipulation or requirement: The Constitution provides for a bicameral legislature.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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