provide

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 2 Galician 2.1 Alternative forms 2.2 Verb 3 Italian 3.1 Verb

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin providere (“look ahead”, “prepare”, “supply”)

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• IPA: /pɹəˈvaɪd/
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to provide (third-person singular simple present provides, present participle providing, simple past and past participle provided)

1. To make a living; earn money for necessities.
2. To act to prepare for something.
3. To determine the form of some situations, by means of a stipulation or condition.
4. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
5. To furnish with, cause to be present.
6. To make possible or attainable.

[edit] Derived terms

• provider

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[edit] Galician

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• provinde

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provide

1. second-person plural imperative of provir.

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[edit] Italian

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provide

1. Third-person singular past historic of provedere.