provide

/pษนษ™หˆvaษชd/

IPA: /P R AH0 V AY1 D/

verb
  1. 1

    To make a living; earn money for necessities.

    โ€œIt is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.โ€

  2. 2

    To act to prepare for something.

    โ€œProvide against disaster.โ€

  3. 3

    To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.

    โ€œI'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.โ€

  4. 4

    To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.

    โ€œDon't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.โ€

  5. 5

    To furnish (with), cause to be present.

  6. 6

    To make possible or attainable.

    โ€œHe provides us with an alternative option.โ€

  7. 7

    (Latinism) To foresee.

  8. 8

    To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/provide