provide.
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
Meaning & usage
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
To act to prepare for something.
provide against disaster.
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
The contract provides that the work be well done.
I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.
To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
To make possible or attainable.
He provides us with an alternative option.
Plants provide (us) with the oxygen we breathe.
To foresee, to consider in advance.
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.
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