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Words related to provide

Related / Similar Words: supply, ply, cater, bring home the bacon, render, furnish, put up, offer, leave, allow for, allow

Definition:

take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship";

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";

provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests";

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";

provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater";

mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance";

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;

Hyponyms: staff, drench, regale, treat, board, feed, give, serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish, cater, pander, pimp, procure, help, power, gratify, indulge, underlay, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil, horse, shower, accommodate, nourish, nurture, sustain, fix up, gutter, hydrate, charge, date, calk, fund, stint, skimp, scant, terrace, terrasse, dado, innervate, offer, signalize, signalise, extend, stock, buy in, caption, tube, ticket, rim, fret, step, rail, grate, capitalize, capitalise, alphabetize, wharf, air-condition, uniform, railroad, partner, bewhisker, whisker, subtitle, headline, match, hobnail, wive, victual, surfeit, cloy, heat, seat, ramp, arm, interleave, glass, glaze, crenel, crenelate, crenellate, causeway, canal, canalize, canalise, bush, brattice, furnish, slat, berth, bed, computerize, computerise, costume, bottom, rafter, tool, key, fuel, provision, purvey, yield, afford, equip, fit, fit out, outfit, transistorize, transistorise, upholster, cleat, coal, corbel, cornice, constitutionalize, copper-bottom, curtain, gate, index, joint, articulate, pour, pump, fire, flood, oversupply, glut, toggle, patch, water, leverage, tap, top, reflectorize, reflectorise, retrofit, border, edge, machicolate, sanitate, hat, theme, shelter

Grouped Verbs: admit, allow

Derivational Morphology: provision, proviso, caterer, supply, supplying, provider, supplier

Language Translations:
Chinese: 供给		Dutch: voorzien
Finnish: varustaa		French: pourvoir
German: versehen		Hungarian: nyújtani
Italian: provvedere		Japanese: 供給
Korean: 공급하다		Portuguese: prover
Russian: обеспечивать		Spanish: proveer
Swedish: förse

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