dictionary | A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
---|
VERB | 1 | provide, supply, render, furnish | Provide or furnish with |
---|---|---|---|
2 | provide, supply, ply, cater | Provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance | |
3 | provide | Determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation | |
4 | provide, put up, offer | Mount or put up | |
5 | provide, leave, allow for, allow | Make a possibility or provide opportunity for | |
6 | provide, bring home the bacon | Supply means of subsistence | |
7 | provide | Take measures in preparation for |
Sounds | prahvay'd |
---|---|
Rhymes | abide, actinide, allied, and 173 more rhymes in ayd at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | Provide or furnish with. |
---|---|
Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something with something |
Examples | "We provided the room with an electrical heater" |
Synonyms | supply, render, furnish |
Entailed by | supplement |
Narrower | hydrate; charge; date; feed; calk; fund; stint, skimp, scant; terrace, terrasse; dado; innervate; offer; signalize, signalise; extend, offer; stock; stock, buy in; caption; tube; ticket; stock; stock; 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; 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, give, afford; equip, fit, fit out, outfit; transistorize, transistorise; upholster; cleat; coal; corbel; cornice; constitutionalize; copper-bottom; curtain; gate; index; joint, articulate; pour; pump; fuel, fire; flood, oversupply, glut; toggle; patch; water; leverage; tap; top; reflectorize, reflectorise; retrofit; border, edge; machicolate; sanitate; hat; theme; shelter |
Broader | give |
Nouns | provision; provider |
Meaning | Provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance. |
---|---|
Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody with something; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP |
Model | They provide the food to the people; They provide the people the food |
Examples | "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" |
Synonyms | supply, ply, cater |
Narrower | staff; drench; regale, treat; board; feed, give; feed; serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish; cater; pander, pimp, procure; serve, help; power; feed; gratify, pander, indulge; underlay; meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil; horse; shower; accommodate; nourish, nurture, sustain; fix up; gutter |
Broader | give |
Nouns | provider; provision |
Meaning | Determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation. |
---|---|
Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE; It ----s that CLAUSE |
Examples | "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech" |
Broader | stipulate, qualify, condition, specify |
Nouns | provision |
Meaning | Mount or put up. |
---|---|
Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
Synonyms | put up, offer |
Broader | engage, wage |
Meaning | Make a possibility or provide opportunity for. Permit to be attainable or cause to remain. |
---|---|
Pattern | Somebody ----s PP; Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
Examples | "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" |
Synonyms | leave, allow for, allow |
Broader | yield, give, afford |
Similar to | admit, allow |
Meaning | Supply means of subsistence. Earn a living. |
---|---|
Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "He provides for his large family by working three jobs" |
Synonyms | bring home the bacon |
Broader | support |
Nouns | provision |
Meaning | Take measures in preparation for. |
---|---|
Pattern | Somebody ----s PP |
Examples | "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship" |
Broader | fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set |