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provide verb (provided, providing) 1 to supply. 2 said of a circumstance or situation, etc: to offer (a specified thing) • provide enjoyment • provide an opportunity. 3 chiefly law to stipulate or require (that something should be done, etc). provider noun.
ETYMOLOGY: 15c: from Latin providere to see ahead.
provide against or for something to be prepared for (an unexpected contingency, an emergency, etc). provide for someone or something to support or keep (a dependant, etc), or arrange for the means to do so • provided for his old age. provide for something chiefly law to specify it as a requirement, or enable it to be done. |
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