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P0621800 (prə-vīd′)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.

[Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre, to provide for : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots.]

provide

(prəˈvaɪd) vb (mainly tr) 1. to put at the disposal of; furnish or supply2. 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. (Banking & Finance) (foll by: for) to supply means of support (to), esp financially: he provides for his family. 5. (Law) (in statutes, documents, etc) to determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), esp by including a proviso condition6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) to confer and induct into ecclesiastical offices7. 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] proˈvider n

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v. -vid•ed, -vid•ing. v.t. 1. to make available; furnish: to provide employees with benefits. 2. to supply or equip: to provide the army with tanks. 3. to afford or yield. 4. to stipulate beforehand, as by a provision. 5. Archaic. to prepare or procure beforehand. v.i. 6. to take measures with due foresight (usu. fol. by for or against). 7. to make a stipulation or provision. 8. to supply means of support (usu. fol. by for): to provide for one's children. [1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin prōvidēre to foresee, look after, provide for]

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dub - Meaning "to provide a film with a soundtrack," it is an abbreviation of "double."
endow - First meant "provide a dower or dowry."
refurbish, refurnish, redecorate, renovate - Refurbish means to "clean up again," refurnish means "to provide with new furnishings," redecorate means "to add new decoration(s)," and renovate means "renew or restore to as-new condition."
improvise - Etymologically, if you improvise something, it is because it has not been "provided" for in advance, from Latin improvisus, "unforeseen."

provide

1. 'provide with'

To provide something that someone needs or wants means to give it to them or make it available to them. You say that you provide someone with something.

They provided him with money to buy new clothes.We can provide you with information that may help you to find a job.

Be Careful!
You must use with in sentences like these. Don't say, for example, 'They provided him money to buy new clothes'.

2. 'provide for'

You can also say that you provide something for someone.

The animals provide food for their young.The hospital provides care for thousands of sick children.

Be Careful!
Don't use any preposition except for in sentences like these. Don't say, for example 'The animals provide food to their young'.

If you provide for someone, you regularly give them the things they need, such as money, food, or clothing.

Parents are expected to provide for their children.If he dies, will the family be provided for?

Be Careful!
You must use for in sentences like these. Don't say, for example, 'Parents are expected to provide their children'.

provide

Past participle: provided
Gerund: providing

Imperative
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Present
I provide
you provide
he/she/it provides
we provide
you provide
they provide

Preterite
I provided
you provided
he/she/it provided
we provided
you provided
they provided

Present Continuous
I am providing
you are providing
he/she/it is providing
we are providing
you are providing
they are providing

Present Perfect
I have provided
you have provided
he/she/it has provided
we have provided
you have provided
they have provided

Past Continuous
I was providing
you were providing
he/she/it was providing
we were providing
you were providing
they were providing

Past Perfect
I had provided
you had provided
he/she/it had provided
we had provided
you had provided
they had provided

Future
I will provide
you will provide
he/she/it will provide
we will provide
you will provide
they will provide

Future Perfect
I will have provided
you will have provided
he/she/it will have provided
we will have provided
you will have provided
they will have provided

Future Continuous
I will be providing
you will be providing
he/she/it will be providing
we will be providing
you will be providing
they will be providing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been providing
you have been providing
he/she/it has been providing
we have been providing
you have been providing
they have been providing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been providing
you will have been providing
he/she/it will have been providing
we will have been providing
you will have been providing
they will have been providing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been providing
you had been providing
he/she/it had been providing
we had been providing
you had been providing
they had been providing

Conditional
I would provide
you would provide
he/she/it would provide
we would provide
you would provide
they would provide

Past Conditional
I would have provided
you would have provided
he/she/it would have provided
we would have provided
you would have provided
they would have provided

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	provide - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"furnish, supply, renderhydrate - supply water or liquid to in order to maintain a healthy balance; "the bicyclists must be hydrated frequently"charge - energize a battery by passing a current through it in the direction opposite to discharge; "I need to charge my car battery"date - provide with a dateline; mark with a date; "She wrote the letter on Monday but she dated it Saturday so as not to reveal that she procrastinated"feed - feed into; supply; "Her success feeds her vanity"calk - provide with calks; "calk horse shoes"give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"fund - provide a fund for the redemption of principal or payment of intereststint, scant, skimp - supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; "sting with the allowance"terrace, terrasse - provide (a house) with a terrace; "We terrassed the country house"dado - provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"innervate - supply nerves to (some organ or body part)offer - make available or accessible, provide or furnish; "The conference center offers a health spa"; "The hotel offers private meeting rooms"signalise, signalize - provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection"extend, offer - make available; provide; "extend a loan"; "The bank offers a good deal on new mortgages"stock - provide or furnish with a stock of something; "stock the larder with meat"buy in, stock up, stock - amass so as to keep for future use or sale or for a particular occasion or use; "let's stock coffee as long as prices are low"caption - provide with a caption, as of a photograph or a drawingtube - provide with a tube or insert a tube intoticket - provide with a ticket for passage or admission; "Ticketed passengers can board now"stock - supply with livestock; "stock a farm"stock - supply with fish; "stock a lake"rim - furnish with a rim; "rim a hat"fret - provide (a musical instrument) with frets; "fret a guitar"step - furnish with steps; "The architect wants to step the terrace"rail - provide with rails; "The yard was railed"grate - furnish with a grate; "a grated fireplace"capitalise, capitalize - supply with capital, as of a business by using a combination of capital used by investors and debt capital provided by lendersalphabetize - provide with an alphabet; "Cyril and Method alphabetized the Slavic languages"wharf - provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river"air-cool, air-condition - equip with an apparatus for controlling the humidity and temperature; "Our house is not air-conditioned"uniform - provide with uniforms; "The guards were uniformed"railroad - supply with railroad lines; "railroad the West"partner - provide with a partnerbewhisker, whisker - furnish with whiskers; "a whiskered jersey"subtitle - supply (a movie) with subtitlesheadline - provide (a newspaper page or a story) with a headlinematch - provide funds complementary to; "The company matched the employees' contributions"hobnail - supply with hobnailswive - provide with a wife; marry (someone) to a wifevictual - supply with food; "The population was victualed during the war"cloy, surfeit - supply or feed to surfeitheat - provide with heat; "heat the house"seat - provide with seats; "seat a concert hall"seat - put a seat on a chairramp - furnish with a ramp; "The ramped auditorium"arm - supply with arms; "The U.S. armed the freedom fighters in Afghanistan"interleave - provide (books) with blank leavesglass, glaze - furnish with glass; "glass the windows"crenel, crenelate, crenellate - supply with battlementscauseway - provide with a causeway; "A causewayed swamp"canal, canalise, canalize - provide (a city) with a canalbush - provide with a bushingbrattice - supply with a brattice, to ventilate minesfurnish - provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style"slat - equip or bar with slats; "Slat the windows"berth - provide with a berthbed - furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"computerise, computerize - provide with computers; "Our office is fully computerized now"costume - furnish with costumes; as for a film or play
	2.	provide - give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"cater, ply, supplystaff - provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"drench - force to drinkregale, treat - provide with choice or abundant food or drink; "Don't worry about the expensive wine--I'm treating"; "She treated her houseguests with good food every night"board - provide food and lodging (for); "The old lady is boarding three men"feed, give - give food to; "Feed the starving children in India"; "don't give the child this tough meat"feed - serve as food for; be the food for; "This dish feeds six"dish, dish up, serve up, dish out, serve - provide (usually but not necessarily food); "We serve meals for the homeless"; "She dished out the soup at 8 P.M."; "The entertainers served up a lively show"cater - supply food ready to eat; for parties and banquetspimp, procure, pander - arrange for sexual partners for othershelp, serve - help to some food; help with food or drink; "I served him three times, and after that he helped himself"power - supply the force or power for the functioning of; "The gasoline powers the engines"feed - provide as food; "Feed the guests the nuts"pander, gratify, indulge - yield (to); give satisfaction tounderlay - provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay the boards with joists"fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, meet, fill - fill or meet a want or needhorse - provide with a horse or horsesshower - provide abundantly with; "He showered her with presents"accommodate - provide with something desired or needed; "Can you accommodate me with a rental car?"nourish, nurture, sustain - provide with nourishment; "We sustained ourselves on bread and water"; "This kind of food is not nourishing for young children"fix up - find (something or someone) for; "I'll fix you up with a nice girl"gutter - provide with gutters; "gutter the buildings"give - transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody; "I gave her my money"; "can you give me lessons?"; "She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care"
	3.	provide - 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"specify, stipulate, condition, qualify - specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement; "The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life"; "The contract stipulates the dates of the payments"
	4.	provide - mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"put up, offerwage, engage - carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns); "Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe"
	5.	provide - 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"allow for, allow, leaveyield, afford, give - be the cause or source of; "He gave me a lot of trouble"; "Our meeting afforded much interesting information"admit, allow - afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations"
	6.	provide - 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"bring home the baconsupport - support materially or financially; "he does not support his natural children"; "The scholarship supported me when I was in college"
	7.	provide - take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"gear up, prepare, ready, set, fix, set up - make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc; "Get the children ready for school!"; "prepare for war"; "I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill"

provide

verb1. supply, give, contribute, provision, distribute, outfit, equip, accommodate, donate, furnish, dispense, part with, fork out (informal), stock up, cater to, purvey I will be happy to provide you with a copy of the report. They did not provide any food.
supply refuse, deprive, withhold, keep back2. give, bring, add, produce, present, serve, afford, yield, lend, render, impart The summit will provide an opportunity for discussions on the crisis.3. stipulate, state, require, determine, specify, lay down The treaty provides that, by 2000, the US must have removed its military bases.provide for someone support, look after, care for, keep, maintain, sustain, take care of, fend for He can't even provide for his family.provide for something take precautions against, plan for, prepare for, anticipate, arrange for, get ready for, make plans for, make arrangements for, plan ahead for, take measures against, forearm for James had provided for just such an emergency.

provide

verb1. To make (something) readily available:afford, extend, offer.Idiom: place at one's disposal.2. To relinquish to the possession or control of another:deliver, furnish, give, hand, hand over, supply, transfer, turn over.phrasal verb
provide forTo supply with the necessities of life:keep, maintain, support.Idiom: take care of.

Translations

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provide

(prəˈvaid) verb1. to give or supply. He provided the wine for the meal; He provided them with a bed for the night.提供2. (with for) to have enough money to supply what is necessary. He is unable to provide for his family.供给proˈvided, proˈvidingconjuction if; on condition (that). We can buy it provided/providing (that) we have enough money.假如

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provide against (something)

To implement measures that prepare for, deal with, or prevent something that will or may happen in the future. I know you don't want to pay the extra costs, but having a life insurance policy is the only way to provide against financial troubles for your family should you die. We've included a clause that provides against the consumer using the product for illegitimate purposes.See also: provide

provide for (someone or something)

1. To supply or provide payment for the basic needs of someone or something. The hardest part of being unemployed was knowing that I couldn't provide for my family. The local council has promised to provide for low-income families in its upcoming budget.2. To prepare for, deal with, or prevent something that will or may happen in the future. The more expensive insurance policy also provides for damage from natural disasters.3. To supply as a stipulation (of a contract or agreement). You're lucky you're even given six weeks of maternity leave—many companies don't provide for any amount of time.See also: provide

provide (something) for (someone or something)

To give or supply something for the benefit or use of someone or something else. The company is one of the few that provides paid paternity leave for its employees. The city center doesn't provide nearly enough parking spaces for the amount of cars that travel in each day, so finding a free spot can be a nightmare.See also: provide

provide (one) with (something)

To give or supply one with something for their use or benefit. The company is one of the few that provides its employees with paid paternity leave. I provided you with plenty of chances to prove your abilities, but you keep letting me down.See also: provide

take the goods the gods provide

Good fortune or advantageous circumstances should be utilized and enjoyed. I don't know why you're so hung up on the fact that you had access to better education as a kid—take the goods the gods provide!See also: god, good, provide, take

provide (something) under (something else)

To supply, make available, or prepare something as required or agreed upon in some thing, such as a contract or ruling. We agree to provide our services pro bono for six months under the terms of the court order. You're supposed to provide paid sick leave under the new federal regulation.See also: provide

provide against something

to plan against something happening. Have you provided against the possible collapse of the agreement? We have not provided against financial disaster.See also: provide

provide for someone or something

to supply the needs of someone or something. Don't worry, we will provide for you. We will provide for the committee in the budget.See also: provide

provide someone with something

to supply something to someone. I will provide you with an escort to your car. Jane provided herself with just enough food to get through the weekend.See also: provide

provide something for someone or something

to supply something for someone or something. I will provide salad for the guests. Ted provided food for his dog.See also: provide

provide something under something

to supply something in keeping with a contract, rule, guideline, agreement, etc. We have agreed to provide two tons of coal per month under our contract. Do you want more? We will agree to provide ample insurance for our employees under union guidelines.See also: provide

Take the goods the gods provide.

Prov. If you have good fortune, enjoy it and use it to your advantage. Frances: I feel I have an unfair advantage over other people in the violin contest. After all, my parents were able to give me lessons with the very best teachers when I was young. Alan: Frances, take the goods the gods provide.See also: god, good, provide, take

provide against

v. To take measures to deal with or prevent some unforeseen occurrence: Our homeowner's insurance provides against damage from flooding.See also: provide

provide for

v.1. To supply someone or something with basic necessities, as food, shelter, and clothing: How long do you have to work every week to provide for such a large family?2. To take measures in preparation for something: Our forecast provides for a 6 percent decrease in sales next year.3. To set something down as a stipulation: Their employment contract provides for two weeks of vacation every year.See also: provide

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verb give

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verb to make (something) readily available

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verb to relinquish to the possession or control of another

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phrase provide for: to supply with the necessities of life

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verb give something useful or necessary to

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

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

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