Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Provide \Pro*vide"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Provided; p. pr. & vb. n. Providing.] [L. providere, provisum; pro before + videre to see. See Vision, and cf. Prudent, Purvey.]
To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. ``Provide us all things necessary.''
--Shak.-
To supply; to afford; to contribute.
Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide.
--Milton. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with. ``And yet provided him of but one.''
--Jer. Taylor. ``Rome . . . was well provided with corn.''
--Arbuthnot.To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.
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To foresee.
Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.]
--B. Jonson. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.
--Prescott.
Wiktionary
n. Something provided; a provision. vb. (present participle of provide English)
Usage examples of "providing".
At last, she found herself in a pleasant reception area, wide windows providing a spectacular view of the sunset over the crystal and ebony spires of the Allegiancy capital.
God, or some one of the gods, in sending the souls to their birth, placed eyes in the face to catch the light and allotted to each sense the appropriate organ, providing thus for the safety which comes by seeing and hearing in time and, seeking or avoiding under guidance of touch.
Fifth Amendment, in view of the Atoka Agreement, embodied in the Curtis Act of June 28, 1898, providing tax-exemption for allotted lands while title in original allottee, not exceeding 21 years.
The rigorous schedule of trips to the clinic and injections and providing samples gave way to antenatal check-ups and relaxation classes.
Statutes and ordinances providing for the paving and grading of streets, the cost thereof to be assessed on the front foot rule, do not, by their failure to provide for a hearing or review of assessments, generally deprive a complaining owner of property without due process of law.
These requirements can be met by legislation, following constitutional amendment where necessary, providing that where the owner of cut or burned-over land will contract with the State to insure reforestation and protection for a specified term of years, the State shall notify the county assessor that the land is separated for taxation purposes from any forest growth thereon.
Each specialized in providing a particular service to the Associative as a whole.
The real purpose of the strip was to help beltless trousers stay up by providing a friction grip against a tucked-in shirt.
When the next batter popped a fly into left field, providing the third out, Billie crowed her pleasure.
A few handfuls of blady grass supply a sheaf of missiles, and with such cheap ammunition the sportsman is justified in providing himself profusely when intent upon the destruction of shy birds.
Their eyes now accustomed to the low light indoors, and with the car headlamps still providing limited illumination, they searched through the bloodied remains of the shop, picking through the wreckage as if they were high street window shoppers on a Saturday afternoon.
Ballaw played the introduction and Brome began singing, with Rowanoak providing a fine baritone harmony line.
On the same soils, early sowing would probably be preferable, even when much reduced in humus, providing they were in a honeycombed condition at the time of sowing.
A few paces forward of the mainmast was the tryworks, the ovens that would render the flesh of the whales, providing the clear, valuable oil that would be stored in the hundreds of barrels that rested in the depths of the hold.
That would go some way to providing a feeling of revenge, an emotion that Antoine de la Mery conjured up every time he thought of the Jacobin murderer.