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provide > 7 senses
VERB1provide, supply, render, furnishProvide or furnish with
2provide, supply, ply, caterProvide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
3provideDetermine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
4provide, put up, offerMount or put up
5provide, leave, allow for, allowMake a possibility or provide opportunity for
6provide, bring home the baconSupply means of subsistence
7provideTake measures in preparation for
provide > pronunciation
Soundsprahvay'd
Rhymesabide, actinide, allied, and 173 more rhymes in ayd at the HyperDic website...
provide > verb 1, possession
MeaningProvide or furnish with.
PatternSomebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something
Examples"We provided the room with an electrical heater"
Synonymssupply, render, furnish
Entailed bysupplement
Narrowerhydrate; charge; date; feed; calk; fund; stint, skimp, scant; terrace, terrasse; dado; innervate; offer; signalize, signalise; extend, offer; stock; stock, buy in; caption; tube; ticket; stock; stock; rim; fret; step; rail; grate; capitalize, capitalise; alphabetize; wharf; air-condition; uniform; railroad; partner; bewhisker, whisker; subtitle; headline; match; hobnail; wive; victual; surfeit, cloy; heat; seat; seat; ramp; arm; interleave; glass, glaze; crenel, crenelate, crenellate; causeway; canal, canalize, canalise; bush; brattice; furnish; slat; berth; bed; computerize, computerise; costume; bottom; rafter; tool; key; fuel; provision, purvey; yield, give, afford; equip, fit, fit out, outfit; transistorize, transistorise; upholster; cleat; coal; corbel; cornice; constitutionalize; copper-bottom; curtain; gate; index; joint, articulate; pour; pump; fuel, fire; flood, oversupply, glut; toggle; patch; water; leverage; tap; top; reflectorize, reflectorise; retrofit; border, edge; machicolate; sanitate; hat; theme; shelter
Broadergive
Nounsprovision; provider
provide > verb 2, consumption
MeaningProvide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance.
PatternSomebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP
ModelThey provide the food to the people; They provide the people the food
Examples"The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
Synonymssupply, ply, cater
Narrowerstaff; drench; regale, treat; board; feed, give; feed; serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish; cater; pander, pimp, procure; serve, help; power; feed; gratify, pander, indulge; underlay; meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil; horse; shower; accommodate; nourish, nurture, sustain; fix up; gutter
Broadergive
Nounsprovider; provision
provide > verb 3, communication
MeaningDetermine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation.
PatternSomething is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; It ----s that CLAUSE
Examples"The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"
Broaderstipulate, qualify, condition, specify
Nounsprovision
provide > verb 4, social
MeaningMount or put up.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Synonymsput up, offer
Broaderengage, wage
provide > verb 5, stative
MeaningMake a possibility or provide opportunity for. Permit to be attainable or cause to remain.
PatternSomebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples"This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
Synonymsleave, allow for, allow
Broaderyield, give, afford
Similar toadmit, allow
provide > verb 6, possession
MeaningSupply means of subsistence. Earn a living.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
Examples"He provides for his large family by working three jobs"
Synonymsbring home the bacon
Broadersupport
Nounsprovision
provide > verb 7, change
MeaningTake measures in preparation for.
PatternSomebody ----s PP
Examples"provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
Broaderfix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set

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