English edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /pɹəˈvaɪdɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -aɪdɪŋ
  • (file)

Verb edit

providing

  1. present participle and gerund of provide

Noun edit

providing (plural providings)

  1. Something provided; a provision.
    • 1869, Justin Dewey Fulton, The true woman, page 108:
      [] the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings, and careless neglect of the husbands.

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