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Verb provide has 7 senses
- supply, provide, render, furnish - provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
--1 is one way to give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Somebody ----s something with something
- provide, supply, ply, cater - provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
--2 is one way to give
Sample sentences:
They provide the food to the people
They provide the people the food
- provide - 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"
--3 is one way to stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
It ----s that CLAUSE
- put up, provide, offer - mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
--4 is one way to engage, wage
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- leave, allow for, allow, provide - 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"
--5 is one way to yield, give, afford
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP
- provide, bring home the bacon - 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"
--6 is one way to support
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
- provide - take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
--7 is one way to fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s PP
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