provide

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin prōvideō ("I foresee, I act with foresight").

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪd
• IPA: /pɹəˈvaɪd/

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Verb

provide (third-person singular simple present provides, present participle providing, simple past and past participle provided)

1. To make a living; earn money for necessities.

   It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.

2. To act to prepare for something.
3. To determine the form of some situations, by means of a stipulation or condition.
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.

5. To furnish with, cause to be present.
6. To make possible or attainable.

   He provides us with an alternative option.

Derived terms

• provider

Related terms

• provision

Translations

to give what is needed or desired

• Afrikaans: voorsien (af)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 供給 (cmn), 供给 (cmn) (gōngjǐ)

• Czech: poskytnout (cs)
• Dutch: voorzien (van) (nl)
• French: fournir (fr), procurer (fr)
• Greek: παρέχω (el) (parécho)
• Hungarian: nyújt (hu), biztosít (hu), ad (hu), szolgáltat (hu)
• Italian: soddisfare (it)
• Japanese: 供給する (ja) (きょうきゅうする, kyōkyū suru)

• Lojban: sabji (jbo)
• Norwegian Bokmål: forsørge (nb)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: forsyte (nn)
• Polish: dostarczać (pl), dostarczyć (pl)
• Portuguese: prover (pt)
• Russian: обеспечивать (ru) (obespéčivatʹ) impf., обеспечить (ru) (obespéčitʹ) pf.
• Spanish: proveer (es)
• Swedish: förse (sv), försörja (sv)

to furnish with

• Afrikaans: voorsien (af)
• Arabic: زود (ar) (záwwada)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 供給 (cmn), 供给 (cmn) (gōngjǐ)

• Dutch: voorzien (nl)
• Finnish: varustaa (fi)
• French: pourvoir (fr)
• German: versehen (de)
• Hebrew: לספק (he) (lesapek)
• Hungarian: ellát (hu), felszerel (hu)

• Italian: provvedere (it)
• Japanese: 供給する (ja) (きょうきゅうする, kyōkyū suru)
• Korean: 공급하다 (ko) (gonggeuphada)
• Latin: video (la)
• Portuguese: prover (pt)
• Russian: обеспечивать (ru) (obespéčivatʹ) impf., обеспечить (ru) (obespéčitʹ) pf., снабжать (ru) (snabžátʹ) impf., снабдить (ru) (snabdítʹ) pf.
• Serbo-Croatian: opskrbiti (sh), obezbediti (sh), obezbijediti (sh)
• Spanish: proveer (es)
• Swedish: förse (sv)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: lie · supposed · original · #817: provide · determined · month · news

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Galician

Alternative forms

• provinde

Verb

provide

1. second-person plural imperative of provir

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Italian

Verb

provide

1. third-person singular past historic of provedere

Anagrams

• deprivo, deprivò
• provedi

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Latin

Verb

prōvidē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of prōvideō