provided

[ pruh-vahy-did ]
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conjunction
  1. on the condition or understanding (that); providing: I'll go, provided that the others go too.

adjective
  1. furnished or supplied for someone’s use: Students play the video and then use the provided handout for graphing the story.

  2. stipulated in a regulation, law, etc.: Complaints filed past the provided term defined in section VII.2 shall not be considered.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of provide.

Origin of provided

1
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; see provide, -ed2

synonym study For provided

See if.

confusables note For provided

The conjunctions provided and providing are interchangeable. Both mean “on the condition or understanding that,” with that sometimes expressed: Provided (or Providing ) no further objections are raised, we will consider the matter settled.

Other words for provided

Opposites for provided

Other words from provided

  • non·pro·vid·ed, adjective
  • un·pro·vid·ed, adjective
  • well-pro·vid·ed, adjective

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