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How to pronounce provide in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms furnish, render, supply
Type of give
Has types arm, articulate, bed, berth, bewhisker, border, bottom, brattice, bush, buy in, calk, canal, canalise, canalize, capitalise, capitalize, caption, causeway, charge, cleat, cloy, coal, computerise, computerize, yield, afford, air-condition, air-cool, alphabetize, offer, outfit, oversupply, partner, patch, pour, provision, pump, purvey, rafter, rail, railroad, ramp, reflectorise, reflectorize, retrofit, rim, sanitate, scant, seat, shelter, signalise, signalize, skimp, slat, step, stint, stock, stock up, subtitle, surfeit, tap, terrace, terrasse, theme, ticket, toggle, tool, top, top out, transistorise, transistorize, tube, uniform, upholster, victual, water, wharf, whisker, wive, constitutionalize, copper-bottom, corbel, cornice, costume, crenel, crenelate, crenellate, curtain, dado, date, edge, equip, extend, feed, fire, fit, fit out, flood, fret, fuel, fund, furnish, gate, give, glass, glaze, glut, grate, hat, headline, headquarter, heat, hobnail, hydrate, index, innervate, interleave, joint, kern, key, leverage, machicolate, match
Derivation provision, provider


We provided the room with an electrical heater.
Type Words
Synonyms bring home the bacon
Type of support
Derivation provision


He provides for his large family by working three jobs.
Type Words
Synonyms offer, put up
Type of wage, engage
Type Words
Synonyms cater, ply, supply
Type of give
Has types conform to, serve, serve up, help, horse, procure, satisfy, fulfil, fulfill, underlay, pander, board, give, pimp, power, gratify, gutter, cater, indulge, shower, sustain, dish, dish out, dish up, drench, treat, feed, regale, fill, accommodate, meet, fit, nourish, fix up, nurture, staff
Derivation provision, provider


The hostess provided lunch for all the guests.
Type Words
Synonyms allow, allow for, leave
Type of give, afford, yield
Verb group allow, admit


This procedure provides for lots of leeway.
Type Words
Type of qualify, condition, specify, stipulate
Derivation provision


The will provides that each child should receive half of the money.
The Constitution provides for the right to free speech.
Type Words
Type of prepare, gear up, ready, set, set up, fix
Derivation provident


provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship.

Examples of provide

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Daily renters must provide a $50 check or leave a credit-card number as deposit.
From the dailyherald.com
Murray may have to testify in his own defense to provide the answers, Cron said.
From the stltoday.com
The Lions adjusted their schedule to provide Kemp the best possible competition.
From the stltoday.com
Can I use my exemption instead to provide for children from a previous marriage?
From the forbes.com
It was unclear where they spoke from and Al-Jazeera did not provide their names.
From the sacbee.com
Grandparents get to provide the really fun stuff that kids actually use in play.
From the thenewstribune.com
Health care reform is going to change how we will provide care for our patients.
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Around the next corner, stem cell research may provide new ideas and approaches.
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The FAA was unable to immediately provide figures on how common the practice is.
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More examples
  • Supply: give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
  • Give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
  • Determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"
  • Put up: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
  • Leave: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
  • Supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon"
  • Take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
  • To make a living; earn money for necessities; To act to prepare for something; To determine the form of some situations, by means of a stipulation or condition; To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs; To furnish with, cause to be present; To make possible or attainable
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