provide

Meaning

1. To make a living; earn money for necessities.
2. To act to prepare for something.
3. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
4. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
5. To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
6. To make possible or attainable.
7. (Latinism, obsolete) To foresee, to consider in advance.
8. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.

Synonyms

supply

furnish

give

render

equip

cater

deliver

allow

prepare

offer

yield

afford

arrange

grant

administer

accommodate

provision

purvey

install

attend to

leave

impart

get

confer

accord

procure

prescribe

fix

outfit

donate

fit out

contribute

sustain

put up

cause

take care of

present

bring home the bacon

bestow

pass

ordain

organize

ply

dispose

instal

help

hold

accouter

hand over

extend

Translations

fournir

versorgen

fornire

provvedere

pourvoir

suprir

fornecer

abastecer

liefern

prover

voorzien van

versehen

dar

proveer

Pronounced as (IPA)

/pɹəˈvaɪd/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: providen

In summary

Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.

Sentences

These systems may provide an option to hide the escape sequences .

The referendum did not provide how the reduction of members was to occur .