英语词汇“provide”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

provideprovide /prəˈvaɪd/ ●●● S2 W1 verb [transitive]

ETYMOLOGYprovide

Origin: 1400-1500 Latin providere to see ahead, provide, from videre to see

VERB TABLE

provide

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	provide
	he, she, it	provides
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	provided
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have provided
	he, she, it	has provided
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had provided
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will provide
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have provided

Continuous Form
Present	I	am providing
	he, she, it	is providing
	you, we, they	are providing
Past	I, he, she, it	was providing
	you, we, they	were providing
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been providing
	he, she, it	has been providing
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been providing
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be providing
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been providing

1to give or supply something that people need or want: This book provides information on over 1,000 birds. Refreshments will be provided.provide something for somebody The university should provide more facilities for disabled students.provide somebody with something Someone had provided the reporters with photographs.provide something to somebody The water company provides services to eight million people.2to produce something useful as a result: Liz’s story provides a good example of what not to do.provide somebody with something The search provided the police with some vital clues.provide something to/for somebody Her letter provided hope to women in similar situations.3provide that formal if a law or rule provides that something must happen, it states that it must happen: The law provides that employees have the right to join a union. [Origin: 1400–1500 Latin providere to see ahead, provide, from videre to see]provide against something phrasal verb formal to make plans in order to deal with a bad situation that might happenprovide for phrasal verb1provide for somebody to give someone the things he or she needs, such as money, food, etc.: He has to provide for his family.2provide for something formal if a law, rule, or plan provides for something, it states that something will be done and makes it possible for it to be done: The new constitution provides for a 650-seat legislature.3provide for something formal to make plans in order to deal with something that might happen in the future