provide

Provide is defined as to supply or make available.

(verb)

An example of provide is to give a needy family enough food for a week.

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See provide in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb provided, providing

  1. Now Rare to get ready beforehand
  2. to make available; supply
  3. to supply (someone) with something
  4. to state as a condition; stipulate

Origin: ME providen < L providere < pro-, pro- + videre, to see: see vision

intransitive verb

  1. to prepare (for or against some probable or possible situation, occurrence, etc.)
  2. to make a condition; stipulate
  3. to furnish the means of support: usually with for

Related Forms:

See provide in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb pro·vid·ed, pro·vid·ing, pro·vides
verb, transitive
  1. To furnish; supply: provide food and shelter for a family.
  2. To make available; afford: a room that provides ample sunlight through French windows.
  3. To set down as a stipulation: an agreement that provides deadlines for completion of the work.
  4. Archaic To make ready ahead of time; prepare.
verb, intransitive
  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 condition: The Constitution provides for a bicameral legislature.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English providen

Origin: , from Latin prōvidēre, to provide for

Origin: : prō-, forward; see pro-1

Origin: + vidēre, to see; see weid- in Indo-European roots

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