PROVIDE
\pɹəvˈa͡ɪd], \pɹəvˈaɪd], \p_ɹ_ə_v_ˈaɪ_d]\
Definitions of PROVIDE
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
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determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), esp. by including a proviso condition; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"
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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".
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
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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"
By Princeton University
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To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
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To foresee.
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To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.
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To supply; to afford; to contribute.
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To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.
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To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
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To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
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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.
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To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
By Oddity Software
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To supply with anything necessary, useful, or appropriate; to provide; to equip; to fit out, or fit up; to adorn; as, to furnish a family with provisions; to furnish one with arms for defense; to furnish a Cable; to furnish the mind with ideas; to furnish one with knowledge or principles; to furnish an expedition or enterprise, a room or a house.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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To make ready beforehand: to prepare: to supply.
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To procure supplies or means of defence: to take measures: to bargain previously.
By Daniel Lyons
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To prepare beforehand; supply.
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To take measures beforehand.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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