Meaning
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To furnish (with), cause to be present.
- To make possible or attainable.
- (obsolete) To foresee, to consider in advance.
- To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
Synonyms
yield
purvey
watch for
make ready
provide for
endue
refer to
result in
toss in
act as agent
act as go-between
fit with
give help
dight
be depleted
clothe with
set up with
make preparatifs
brace oneself for
make sufficient
arrange for
cause to take place
denounce
Frequency
Hyphenated as
pro‧vide
Pronounced as (IPA)
/pɹəˈvaɪd/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.
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