provide
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[edit] Etymology
From Latin providere (“look ahead”, “prepare”, “supply”)
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /pɹəˈvaɪd/
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[edit] Verb
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Third person singular |
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to provide (third-person singular simple present provides, present participle providing, simple past and past participle provided)
- To make a living; earn money for necessities.
- To act to prepare for something.
- To determine the form of some situations, by means of a stipulation or condition.
- To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
- To furnish with, cause to be present.
- To make possible or attainable.
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[edit] Translations
to give what is needed or desired
to furnish with
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[edit] Galician
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[edit] Verb
provide
- second-person plural imperative of provir.
[edit] Italian
[edit] Verb
provide