provide
/pษนษหvaษชd/IPA: /P R AH0 V AY1 D/
verb
- 1
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
โIt is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.โ
- 2
To act to prepare for something.
โProvide against disaster.โ
- 3
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
โI'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.โ
- 4
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
โDon't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.โ
- 5
To furnish (with), cause to be present.
- 6
To make possible or attainable.
โHe provides us with an alternative option.โ
- 7
(Latinism) To foresee.
- 8
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
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