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Definition and meaning of provide
Definitions
provide (v. intr.)
1.take measures in preparation for"provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
2.determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation"The will provides that each child should receive half of the money" "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"
3.give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance"The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
4.supply means of subsistence; earn a living"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"
5.give something useful or necessary to"We provided the room with an electrical heater"
6.make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain"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"
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Merriam Webster
ProvidePro*vide" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Provided; p. pr. & vb. n. Providing.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See Vision, and cf. Prudent, Purvey.]
1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. “Provide us all things necessary.” Shak.
2. To supply; to afford; to contribute.
Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit
As the kind, hospitable woods provide. Milton.
3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with. “And yet provided him of but one.” Jer. Taylor. “Rome . . . was well provided with corn.” Arbuthnot.
4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
5. To foresee. [A Latinism] [Obs.] B. Jonson.
6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor. Prescott.
ProvidePro*vide", v. i.
1. To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.
Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.
2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
Synonyms
provide (v. intr.)
accommodate, afford, aid, allow, allow for, assist, bring home the bacon, cater, contribute, endow with, feed, fit, furnish, give, help, leave, nourish, oblige, ply, produce, provide with, render, satisfy, serve, supply
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Phrases
⇨ freedom to provide services • provide a remedy for • provide a solution to • provide for • provide o.s. • provide shade • provide with • provide with information • provide with soft furnishings
⇨ Operation Provide Comfort • Operation Provide Comfort (Charity Drive) • Operation Provide Hope • Operation Provide Promise • Operation Provide Relief
Analogical dictionary
provide (v. intr.)
provide (v. intr.)
énoncer une condition (fr)[Classe]
(accord; agreement; convention; covenant)[termes liés]
provide (v. intr.)
munir, donner qqch d'utile (fr)[Classe...]
provide (v. intr.)
provide (v. intr.)
faire passer qqch de soi à qqch ou qqn d'autre (fr)[Classe...]
munir, donner qqch d'utile (fr)[ClasseHyper.]
give, hand[Hyper.]
provision, supply, supplying - provider, supplier - reserve, stock, store, supply[Dérivé]
provide (v. intr.)
afford, give, yield[Hyper.]
admit, allow[Domaine]
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