PROVIDE : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: PROVIDE	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for PROVIDE
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
provide v give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater" Synonym(s): supply, provide, render, furnish give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests" Synonym(s): provide, supply, ply, cater 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" mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance" Synonym(s): put up, provide, offer 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" Synonym(s): leave, allow for, allow, provide 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" Synonym(s): provide, bring home the bacon take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provide \Provide"\, v. i. 1. To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide* against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child. Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. --Burke. 2. To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Provide \Provide"\, 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}.] 1. To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare. [bd]Provide* us all things necessary.[b8] --Shak. 2. To supply; to afford; to contribute. Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit As the kind, hospitable woods provide. --Milton. 3. To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with. [bd]And yet provided him of but one.[b8] --Jer. Taylor. [bd]Rome . . . was well provided with corn.[b8] --Arbuthnot. 4. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done. 5. To foresee. Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --B. Jonson. 6. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See {Provisor}. --Prescott.