provide

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Also spelled providin

US /pɹəˈvaɪd/ See IPA manual

verb Freq #2562

Meanings

1

verb
To give someone something they need or want, especially support or food.

The hotel provides lunch for all its guests.
2

verb
To give a place or thing something useful or necessary.

They provided the classroom with new computers.
3

verb
To earn enough money to support your family.

He works two jobs to provide for his children.
4

verb
To state in a contract or law what must happen in certain situations.

The contract provides that the work must be finished by June.

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1 verb · to give someone something... supply

2 verb · to give a place or thing... supply

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Forms providesunprovided

Derived forms disprovideforeprovideimprovidedmisprovidenonprovidedpreprovideprovidableprovideeproviderreprovideunderprovideunderprovided

Related forms provision

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Etymology

Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.

*per- Proto-Indo-European providen Middle English prōvideō Latin

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# provide

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** verb
**IPA (US):** pɹəˈvaɪd
**Frequency rank:** 2562

## Meanings
1. To give someone something they need or want, especially support or food.
2. To give a place or thing something useful or necessary.
3. To earn enough money to support your family.
4. To state in a contract or law what must happen in certain situations.

## Examples
- The hotel provides lunch for all its guests.
- They provided the classroom with new computers.
- He works two jobs to provide for his children.
- The contract provides that the work must be finished by June.

## Derived Forms
- disprovide
- foreprovide
- improvided
- misprovide
- nonprovided
- preprovide
- providable
- providee
- provider
- reprovide
- underprovide
- underprovided

## Related Forms
- provision

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *per-
- Root: providen
- Root: prōvideō

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.

## AI Etymology
Provide is inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey. The historical chain includes *per- (Proto-Indo-European), providen (Middle English), prōvideō (Latin). In present-day English it covers to give someone something they need or want, especially support or food, to give a place or thing something useful or necessary, and to earn enough money to support your family. The wider family includes derived forms such as disprovide, foreprovide, improvided, misprovide, nonprovided and related forms such as provision.

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