provide
verb
1 provide
Give something useful or necessary to:
— We provided the room with an electrical heater.
synonyms: furnish, render, supply.
Roget 637:
provide;
make provision,
make due provision for;
lay in,
lay in a stock,
lay in a store.
supply,
suppeditate†;
furnish;
find,
find one in;
arm.
cater,
victual,
provision,
purvey,
forage;
beat up for;
stock,
stock with;
make good,
replenish;
fill,
fill up;
recruit,
feed.
have in store,
have in reserve;
keep,
keep by one,
keep on foot,
keep on hand;
have to fall back upon;
store
etc.
636;
provide against a rainy day
etc.
(economy)
817.
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Roget 673:
prepare;
get ready,
make ready;
make preparations,
settle preliminaries,
get up,
sound the note of preparation.
set in order,
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60;
forecast
etc.
(plan)
626;
prepare the ground,
plow the ground,
dress the ground;
till the soil,
cultivate the soil;
predispose,
sow the seed,
lay a train,
dig a mine;
lay the groundwork,
fix the groundwork,
lay the basis,
fix the basis,
lay the foundations,
fix the foundations;
dig the foundations,
erect the scaffolding;
lay the first stone
etc.
(begin)
66.
roughhew;
cut out work;
block out,
hammer out;
lick into shape
etc.
(form)
240.
elaborate,
mature,
ripen,
mellow,
season,
bring to maturity;
nurture
etc.
(aid)
707;
hatch,
cook,
brew;
temper,
anneal,
smelt;
barbecue;
infumate†;
maturate.
equip,
arm,
man;
fit-out,
fit up;
furnish,
rig,
dress,
garnish,
betrim†,
accouter,
array,
fettle,
fledge;
dress up,
furbish up,
brush up,
vamp up;
refurbish;
sharpen one's tools,
trim one's foils,
set,
prime,
attune;
whet the knife,
whet the sword;
wind up,
screw up;
adjust
etc.
(fit)
27;
put in trim,
put in train,
put in gear,
put in working order,
put in tune,
put in a groove for,
put in harness;
pack.
train
etc.
(teach)
537;
inure
etc.
(habituate)
613;
breed;
prepare for
&c.;
rehearse;
make provision for;
take steps,
take measures,
take precautions;
provide,
provide against;
beat up for recruits;
open the door to
etc.
(facilitate)
705.
set one's house in order,
make all snug;
clear the decks,
clear for action;
close one's ranks;
shuffle the cards.
prepare oneself;
serve an apprenticeship
etc.
(learn)
539;
lay oneself out for,
get into harness,
gird up one's loins,
buckle on one's armor,
reculer pour mieux sauter [Fr.],
prime and load,
shoulder arms,
get the steam up,
put the horses to.
guard against,
make sure against;
forearm,
make sure,
prepare for the evil day,
have a rod in pickle,
provide against a rainy day,
feather one's nest;
lay in provisions
etc.
637;
make investments;
keep on foot.
be prepared,
be ready
etc.
adj.;
hold oneself in readiness,
keep one's powder dry;
lie in wait for
etc.
(expect)
507;
anticipate
etc.
(foresee)
510;
principiis obstare [Lat.];
veniente occurrere morbo [Lat.].
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Dutch: voorzien
2 provide
Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance:
— The hostess provided lunch for all the guests.
synonyms: cater, ply, supply.
Dutch: voorzien van, zorgen voor, toeleveren, voeden, voorzien
3 provide
Determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation.
Dutch: voorzien
4 provide
5 provide
Make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain:
— This procedure provides for lots of leeway.
synonyms: allow, allow for, leave.
Dutch: laten
6 provide
Supply means of subsistence; earn a living:
— He provides for his large family by working three jobs.
synonym: bring home the bacon.
7 provide
Take measures in preparation for.
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provided
adverb
Roget 514:
if,
if so be;
an;
on the supposition
etc.
n.;
ex hypothesi [Lat.];
in the case,
in the event of;
quasi,
as if,
provided;
perhaps
etc.
(by possibility)
470;
for aught one knows.
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Roget 8:
in the circumstances,
under the circumstances
etc.
n.,
the circumstances,
conditions
etc.
7;
thus,
in such wise.
accordingly;
that being the case,
such being the case,
in view of the circumstances;
that being so,
sith†,
since,
seeing that.
as matters stand;
as things go,
as times go.
conditionally,
provided,
if,
in case;
if so,
if so be,
if it be so;
depending on circumstances,
in certain circumstances,
under certain conditions;
if it so happen,
if it so turn out;
in the event of;
in such a contingency,
in such a case,
in such an event;
provisionally,
unless,
without.
according to circumstances,
according to the occasion;
as it may happen,
as it may turn out,
as it may be;
as the case may be,
as the wind blows;
pro re nata [Lat.].
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Roget 469:
provided,
provided that,
provided always;
if,
unless,
but,
yet;
according as;
conditionally,
admitting,
supposing;
on the supposition of
etc.
(theoretically)
514;
with the understanding,
even,
although,
though,
for all that,
after all,
at all events.
approximately
etc.
197,
17;
in a limited degree
(smallness)
32;
somewhat,
sort of,
something like that,
to a certain extent,
to a degree,
in a sense,
so to speak.
with grains of allowance,
cum grano salis [Lat.],
with a grain of salt;
exceptis excipiendis [Lat.];
wind and weather permitting;
if possible
etc.
470.
subject to,
conditioned upon;
with this proviso
etc.
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