'Provide' definitions:

Definition of 'provide'

(from WordNet)
verb
Give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" [syn: supply, provide, render, furnish]
verb
Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" [syn: provide, supply, ply, cater]
verb
Determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"
verb
Mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" [syn: put up, provide, offer]
verb
Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave, allow for, allow, provide]
verb
Supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon" [syn: provide, bring home the bacon]
verb
Take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"

Definition of 'Provide'

From: GCIDE
  • Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Provided; p. pr. & vb. n. Providing.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See Vision, and cf. Prudent, Purvey.]
  • 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. "Provide us all things necessary." --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To supply; to afford; to contribute. [1913 Webster]
  • Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with. "And yet provided him of but one." --Jer. Taylor. "Rome . . . was well provided with corn." --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. To foresee.
  • Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor. --Prescott. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Provide'

From: GCIDE
  • Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. i.
  • 1. To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child. [1913 Webster]
  • Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'provide'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Provide'