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provide
- /pɹəˈvaɪd/
Rhymes with -aɪd
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.
verb provides · providing · provided · provide
- To make a living; earn money for necessities. It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
- To act to prepare for something. provide against disaster.
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate. The contract provides that the work be well done.
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs. Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply. Rome […] was generally well provided with corn.
- To make possible or attainable. He provides us with an alternative option.
- To foresee, to consider in advance. We have not been covetous, honourable fathers, to change, neither is it now any new lust that alters our affection, or old lothing, but those needful jealousies of state, that warn wiser princes hourly to provide their safety, and do teach them how learned a thing it is to beware of the humblest ene
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor. provide such natives to the higher dignities of the church
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: supply, offer, furnish, render, put up, ply, cater, spend, donate, give, paying, defray, disburse, granting, contribute, provision
Translations
Every language
verb earn money for necessities
| Tiếng Việt | kiếm tiền |
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verb to establish as a previous condition
| Deutsch | voraussetzen, vorsehen |
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| Italiano | prevedere, supporre |
| Tiếng Việt | quy định |
verb transitive: to give what is needed or desired
| Español | proveer, brindar, providenciar, proporcionar |
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| 日本語 | 供給する kyōkyū suru |
| 中文 | 供給 /供给 gōngjǐ, 提供 tígōng, 發放 /发放 fāfàng |
| Português | prover |
| Français | fournir, procurer |
| Deutsch | sorgen, den Unterhalt sichern, besorgen, beschaffen, heranschaffen, versorgen |
| Italiano | soddisfare |
| Ελληνικά | παρέχω parécho |
| Română | oferi |
| Русский | обеспе́чивать obespéčivatʹ, обеспе́чить obespéčitʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | cung cấp |
verb intransitive: to furnish (with)
| 한국어 | 공급하다 gonggeuphada |
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| 日本語 | 供給する kyōkyū suru |
| 中文 | 供給 /供给 gōngjǐ, 供應 /供应 gōngyìng |
| Português | prover |
| Français | pourvoir |
| Deutsch | versehen, versorgen, ausstatten |
| Italiano | provvedere, fornire, erogare |
| Русский | обеспе́чивать obespéčivatʹ, обеспе́чить obespéčitʹ, снабжа́ть snabžátʹ, снабди́ть snabdítʹ |
| العربية | زَوَّدَ zawwada |
| עברית | לספק lesapek |
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title = {provide},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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