provide
Use Provide in a sentence
verb (used with object)
1.
to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
2.
to supply or equip: to provide the army with new fighter planes.
3.
to afford or yield.
4.
Law. to arrange for or stipulate beforehand, as by a provision or proviso.
5.
Archaic. to prepare or procure beforehand.
verb (used without object)
6.
to take measures with due foresight (usually followed by for or against ).
7.
to make arrangements for supplying means of support, money, etc. (usually followed by for ): He provided for his children in his will.
8.
to supply means of support (often followed by for ): to provide for oneself.
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Origin:
1375–1425; late Middle English providen < Latin prōvidēre to foresee, look after, provide for, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + vidēre to see
1375–1425; late Middle English providen < Latin prōvidēre to foresee, look after, provide for, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + vidēre to see
Related forms
pro·vid·a·ble, adjective
o·ver·pro·vide, verb (used with object), o·ver·pro·vid·ed, o·ver·pro·vid·ing.
pre·pro·vide, verb (used with object), pre·pro·vid·ed, pre·pro·vid·ing.
un·pro·vid·a·ble, adjective
Synonyms
1. give, render. 3. produce.
1. give, render. 3. produce.
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| —vb (foll by for) | |
| 1. | to put at the disposal of; furnish or supply |
| 2. | to afford; yield: this meeting provides an opportunity to talk |
| 3. | (intr; |
| 4. | 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 |
| [C15: from Latin prōvidēre to provide for, from prō- beforehand + vidēre to see] | |
| pro'vider | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
provide
1407, from L. providere "look ahead, prepare, supply," from pro- "ahead" + videre "to see" (see vision).
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Example sentences
Perhaps the strategy is to provide enough long-term life-support to allow such tiny, always reversible, glacial steps to proceed.
Researchers who curate unpopular varieties provide crucial insurance for our food supply.
The companies should determine which buildings they are going to build the first year and provide valid reasons for their choices.
What's more, there are plenty of people who could use the increased social services that higher tax revenue would provide.
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