English Explanatory Dictionary

provide

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  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. To foresee, to consider in advance.
  8. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.

Pronunciation

prə-vīdʹ /pɹəˈvaɪd/ en-us-provide.ogg

Word forms

provide provides providing provided no-table-tags glossary providest providedst provideth

Etymology

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

Synonyms

afford

Related words

provision

Derived words

as provided for disprovide foreprovide improvided misprovide nonprovided preprovide providable providee provider reprovide underprovide underprovided unprovide unprovided
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