Meaning

8 senses
  1. To 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

  2. To act to prepare for something.

    provide against disaster.

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.

    versehen, versorgen, ausstatten

    обеспе́чиватьobespéčivatʹ, обеспе́читьobespéčitʹ, снабжа́тьsnabžátʹ

  6. 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

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

  8. (Latinism, obsolete)To foresee, to consider in advance.

Examples

874 sentences
  1. We provided them with money and clothes.

    Ми дали їм гроші й одяг. — aandrusiak

    ruМы снабдили их деньгами и одеждой. — marafon

    deWir gaben ihnen Geld und Kleidung. — Wolf

  2. He has four children to provide for.

    На ньому годування чотирьох дітей. — shanghainese

  3. I don't think that technology provides us with everything we need.

    Я не думаю, що технологія може надати нам усе, що нам потрібно. — uaspeaker

    ruЯ не думаю, что технология может предоставить нам всё, что нам нужно. — Hellerick

    deIch denke nicht, dass Technik uns mit allem versorgt, was wir brauchen. — samueldora

  4. Tom provided few other details.

    Том надав ще кілька подробиць. — deniko

  5. Bees provide us with honey.

    Бджоли дають нам мед. — older

    ruПчёлы дают нам мёд. — sharptoothed

    deBienen geben uns Honig. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
transitive: to give what is needed or desired:
Русский
By meaning 2
transitive: to give what is needed or desired:
intransitive: to furnish (with):
Deutsch
By meaning 3
to establish as a previous condition:
transitive: to give what is needed or desired:
intransitive: to furnish (with):

Origin

Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresi

Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.

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Forms

provides, providing, provided, provided
Base formprovide · to provide
3rd person singularprovides
Present participleproviding
Past simpleprovided
Past participleprovided

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyprovide
he, she, itprovides

Past simpleLesson

all personsprovided

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave provided
he, she, ithas provided

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill provide

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

16 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • provided provided
  • be provided provided
  • provided provided for
  • will be provided
  • go provided provided
  • to provide for
  • provide any

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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