Provide

Verb

 * 1) To make a living; earn money for necessities.
 * It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
 * 1) To act to prepare for something.
 * 2) To determine the form of some situations, by means of a stipulation or condition.
 * 3) To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
 * Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
 * 1) To furnish with, cause to be present.
 * 2) To make possible or attainable.
 * He provides us with an alternative option.

Derived terms

 * provider

Related terms

 * provision

Adverbs for Provide
graciously; hospitably; duly; suitably; abundantly; sparely; properly; liberally; adequately; specifically; copiously; expressly; indulgently.

Thesaurus
accommodate, accommodate with, accord, afford, anticipate, arrange, arrange for, attend to, care for, cater, clear for action, clear the decks, clothe, contribute, cure, deliver, demand, deploy, dispense, donate, dress, endow, equip, favor with, feed, fill, fill up, find, fix, fix up, forearm, fund, furnish, get ready, give, hand, hand over, heap upon, indulge with, invest, keep, lavish upon, lay down, lend, look after, maintain, make arrangements, make available, make preparations, make provision for, make ready, marshal, minister to, mobilize, offer, outfit, plan, pour on, prearrange, prep, prepare, prepare for, present, pretreat, process, produce, provender, provide for, purvey, put in shape, ready, ready up, recruit, replenish, require, settle preliminaries, shower down upon, specify, state, stipulate, stock, stock up, store, subsidize, supply, support, take care of, take measures, take precautions, tan, transfer, treat, trim, try out, turn over, victual, yield

Etymology
From provideo:.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: voorsien
 * Czech:
 * French: fournir, procurer
 * Hungarian:, biztosít, , szolgáltat
 * Italian: soddisfare


 * Norwegian Bokmål:
 * Norwegian Nynorsk: forsyte
 * Polish: dostarczać / dostarczyć
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:


 * Afrikaans: voorsien
 * Arabic: (záwwada)
 * Chinese: 供给 (gōnggěi)
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Hebrew: סִפֵּק
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 供給する (きょうきゅうする, kyōkyū suru)
 * Korean: 공급하다 (gonggeuphada)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: обеспечивать
 * Serbo-Croatian: opskrbiti, obezb(ij)editi
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:

Alternative forms

 * provinde

Verb
provide



Anagrams

 * deprivo, deprivò
 * provedi