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verb
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To act to prepare for something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: afford, treat
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verb
To make possible or attainable.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To foresee, to consider in advance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Latinism, obsolete
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verb
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
take measures in preparation for
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
verb
determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
verb
give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: supply, ply, cater
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: give
Narrower terms: staff, drench, regale, treat, board, feed, give, serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish, cater, pander, pimp, procure, help, power, gratify, indulge, underlay, meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil, horse, shower, accommodate, nourish, nurture, sustain, fix up, gutter
verb
supply means of subsistence; earn a living
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: bring home the bacon
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Broader terms: support
verb
give something useful or necessary to
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: supply, render, furnish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: give
Narrower terms: hydrate, charge, date, feed, calk, fund, stint, skimp, scant, terrace, terrasse, dado, innervate, offer, signalize, signalise, extend, stock, buy in, stock up, caption, tube, ticket, rim, fret, step, rail, grate, capitalize, capitalise, alphabetize, wharf, air-cool, air-condition, uniform, railroad, partner, bewhisker, whisker, subtitle, headline, match, hobnail, wive, victual, surfeit, cloy, heat, 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, fire, flood, oversupply, glut, toggle, patch, water, leverage, tap, top, top out, reflectorize, reflectorise, retrofit, border, edge, machicolate, sanitate, hat, theme, kern, headquarter, shelter
verb
mount or put up
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: put up, offer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: engage, wage
verb
make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: leave, allow for, allow
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: yield, give, afford
History
Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.
Across languages
117 source translations are retained for this English entry.
