provide
To make a living; earn money for necessitiesTo make a living; earn money for necessities.
» We provided them with money and clothes.
Wir gaben ihnen Geld und Kleidung.
Мы снабдили их деньгами и одеждой.
Ми дали їм гроші й одяг.
Meaning
8 sensesTo make a living; earn money for necessities.
It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
supply means of subsistence; earn a living
To act to prepare for something.
provide against disaster.
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
The contract provides that the work be well done.
I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.
voraussetzen, vorsehen
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.
sorgen, den Unterhalt sichern, besorgen
обеспе́чиватьobespéčivatʹ, обеспе́читьobespéčitʹ
забезпе́чуватиzabezpéčuvaty, надава́тиnadaváty
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
versehen, versorgen, ausstatten
обеспе́чиватьobespéčivatʹ, обеспе́читьobespéčitʹ, снабжа́тьsnabžátʹ
To make possible or attainable.
He provides us with an alternative option.
Plants provide (us) with the oxygen we breathe.
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
(Latinism, obsolete)To foresee, to consider in advance.
Examples
874 sentencesWe provided them with money and clothes.
Ми дали їм гроші й одяг.
ruМы снабдили их деньгами и одеждой.
deWir gaben ihnen Geld und Kleidung.
He has four children to provide for.
На ньому годування чотирьох дітей.
I don't think that technology provides us with everything we need.
Я не думаю, що технологія може надати нам усе, що нам потрібно.
ruЯ не думаю, что технология может предоставить нам всё, что нам нужно.
deIch denke nicht, dass Technik uns mit allem versorgt, was wir brauchen.
Tom provided few other details.
Том надав ще кілька подробиць.
Bees provide us with honey.
Бджоли дають нам мед.
ruПчёлы дают нам мёд.
deBienen geben uns Honig.
Translations
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Origin
Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresiInherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.
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Forms
provides, providing, provided, providedSynonyms
13 synonyms- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance:supplyplycater
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living:bring home the bacon
- give something useful or necessary to:supplyrenderfurnishoffer
- mount or put up:put upoffer
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain:leaveallow forallow
Word family
16 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
7 patterns- provided provided
- be provided provided
- provided provided for
- will be provided
- go provided provided
- to provide for
- provide any