PROVIDING

Definition: PROVIDING

PROVIDING

Personal pronoun & verb & noun

1. Of Provide

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PROVIDING" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)

Tips from 1870

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Preparation

Noun: preparation; providing; Verb: provision, providence; anticipation; (foresight); precaution,

Provision

Providing; Verb: purveyance; reinforcement, reenforcement; commissariat.

Crosswords: PROVIDING

But then, you'd at least be providing a place for someone like you to lean up against (Scrubs; writing credit: Gabrielle Allan; Janae Bakken)

I took the liberty of providing you with a new work space (Angel; writing credit: Letícia Dornelles)

Oh well I'm sorry if my problems are not providing enough entertainment for you (Press Gang; writing credit: Steven Moffat)

When riding a dead horse (government), try providing additional funding and or training to increase the dead horse's performance. (references; author: unknown)

Providing Goods for You (1944)

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Books

• A Meditation Handbook: A Step-By-Step Manual, Providing a Clear, Practical Guide to Buddhist Meditation (reference)

• Co-Creative Science: A Revolution in Science Providing Real Solutions for Today's Health and Environment (reference)

• Outsourcing Human Resources Functions: Strategies for Providing Enhanced Hr Services at Lower Cost (reference)

• Single Parent's Guide: Providing Anchors for the Innocent (reference)

• Zero Time: Providing Instant Customer Value - Every Time, All the Time! (reference)

  (more book examples)

Theater & Movies

• Reaching Standards Through Cooperative Learning: Providing for All Learners in General Education Classrooms: English/Language Arts (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• Providing Needles for Your Balloons [EP] (reference)

• Providing the Atmosphere [IMPORT] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Various shots of black attendees at a health fair in Detroit sponsored by the Michigan Cancer Foundation providing cancer prevention information. See artwork: GA-17. Credit: Bill Branson (photographer).

Pictured is an experimental miniature pig. The experimental animal is being held in place by rubber-tube covered arms in a laboratory setting. Some cans are visible on shelves behind the animal. The miniature pig has an unusually thick placenta that prevents sow's immune system from influencing that of offspring. Raised in a sterile environment, such piglets are vital in providing clues as to how the immune system develops. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer).

The Hubble telescope's infrared vision is providing a dramatic new look at the beautiful Orion ... Credit: NASA.

Hubble telescope images of the asteroid Vesta are providing astronomers with a glimpse of the ... Credit: NASA.

Climbing a small tower at Station Pinnacle Providing horizontal control survey for aerial photography of King County. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Shovel-nosed river boat providing transportation Triangulation party of William M. Scaife. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

A full service recreational fishing shop providing boat rentals, bait, tackle, food, etc. Credit: Fisheries.

Sign providing information on manatees for recreational boaters. Credit: Fisheries.

PG&E Corp assist the project by providing a front-end loader and man power for the volunteer-based restoration project. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The NF-16D VISTA will give the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., flexibility by providing one aircraft that can play the role of several fighters. It also provides students an opportunity to learn how to test future integra.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Secondly, The power of punishing he wholly gives up, and engages his natural force, (which he might before employ in the execution of the law of nature, by his own single authority, as he thought fit) to assist the executive power of the society, as the law thereof shall require: for being now in a new state, wherein he is to enjoy many conveniencies, from the labour, assistance, and society of others in the same community, as well as protection from its whole strength; he is to part also with as much of his natural liberty, in providing for himself, as the good, prosperity, and safety of the society shall require; which is not only necessary, but just, since the other members of the society do the like. (Second Treatise of Government)

In January 1786, the Legislature of Virginia passed a resolution providing for the appointment of five commissioners, who, or any three of them, should meet such commissioners as might be appointed in the other States of the Union, at a time and place to be agreed upon, to take into consideration the trade of the United States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony; and to report to the several States such an act, relative to this great object, as, when ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress effectually to provide for the same. (reference)

Question of preventing or providing against unemployment. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

These studies include classifying the tremor and providing appropriate therapy. (references)

The gene and gene product have been identified providing accurate diagnostic tests. (references)

Hearing conservation must begin by providing each individual with basic information. (references)

Business

EIM is in the business of providing solutions and packages. (references)

Some Cable TV companies in Mexico are providing Internet access. (references)

Local leaders in providing software support are ALTEC and INTRASOFT. (references)

Children

El Salvador

Rural areas fell short of providing a 9th grade education to all potential students, in part because of a lack of resources and in part because many rural parents withdraw their children from school by the 6th grade to work. (references)

Jordan

The Unit deals primarily with child and spousal abuse, providing multiple in-house services, including medical treatment for patients. (references)

Hong Kong

A Child Care Center Law prevents unsuitable persons from providing child care services and facilitates the formation of mutual help child care groups. (references)

Civil Liberties

Togo

The HAAC is charged with providing equal access to state media as mandated by the Constitution. (references)

Azerbaijan

He later raised that amount to $37 million, of which $190,000 per year are to be allocated for providing basic food and provisions for IDP's. (references)

Turkey

In the past 2 years, the UNHCR has initiated several new projects to support NGO's in providing counseling and specialized assistance directed in particular at women, children, and other vulnerable groups. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

There have been a few cases, however, of local governments not providing national treatment. (references)

Netherlands

New products are frequently introduced at trade shows so that competitive products can be identified and evaluated as they emerge in the market place, thus providing important marketing information. (references)

Mexico

This sub-sector is expected to grow by 16.2 percent in 2001 with opportunities for U.S. companies providing web design and support services. (references)

Human Rights

Nicaragua

Local human rights groups are critical of the law for providing inadequate judicial oversight of police arrests. (references)

Chad

Following an intercommunal killing in September, local security forces in Bongor intervened, favoring one group and providing weapons and support. (references)

Belarus

The Criminal Procedure Code provides that police may detain a person for up to 3 hours without providing any explanation for the detention. (references)

Indigenous People

Bangladesh

Tribal leaders also have expressed disappointment at the lack of progress in providing assistance to tribals who left the area during the insurgency. (references)

Angola

Associacion Leonardo Sikufinde-Shalom Angola (ALASSA), a Catholic organization that advocates for indigenous people's rights, criticized the Government for providing plots that were too small and for failing to include persons most affected in government planning; the case continued at year's end. (references)

Brazil

Preliminary information indicates that there have been significant advances in indigenous health since the Ministry of Health's National Health Foundation (FUNASA) became involved in providing health care to indigenous populations. (references)

Minorities

Austria

In July 2000, the Government passed a comprehensive prominority rights bill providing expanded constitutional protections for the country's six officially recognized minorities. (references)

Zimbabwe

President Mugabe accused the white minority of having too close ties to their ancestral countries, and criticized other governments for trying to interfere with the "continuing liberation struggle." During the year, the Government embarked on a far-reaching fast-track resettlement program whereby 85 to 90 percent of large-scale, white-owned commercial farms were designated for seizure with no clear means for providing compensation. (references)

Hungary

Local government officials have punished Roma who were unable to pay utility fees by evicting their families from residences without providing alternative housing. (references)

Political Economy

TUNISIA

Approximately 61 percent of the government budget is allocated to social programs, providing subsidies for education, basic foodstuffs, and support for the poorest sectors of society. (references)

ALGERIA

On July 31, 2001, a second GSM license was awarded to Orascom, an Egyptian firm that expects to start providing services in February 2002. The second state-owned firm to be created will be an ISP provider and will compete with other providers. (references)

Costa Rica

New legislation providing for criminal penalties for trademark and copyright violations, as called for by the World Trade Organization, entered into force in October 2000. The USTR recognized the passage of the new legislation, but moved Costa Rica to the Priority Watch List in April 2001 because of its failure to enforce the legislation. (references)

Political Rights

Kuwait

During its first session of 1999, the National Assembly rejected 35 of 60 Amiri decrees issued during the dissolution of the Assembly, including the decree providing for women's political rights. (references)

Mauritania

A countrywide census, taken at the end of 1998 and designed to register all citizens and standardize the current complex system of names, also was aimed in part at providing the basis for free and fair elections. (references)

Trade

Ukraine

Air Traffic Control-TDA is providing funding ($500,000) for a study on upgrading the ATC system in Ukraine. (references)

Travel

Mexico

Mexican carriers providing scheduled service within Mexico include Mexicana, Aeromexico and several feeder carriers. (references)

Brazil

US specialists providing "technical assistance" to a firm located in Brazil relating to the execution of a sale or contract of that firm with a US company always require work visas, even if they are not employed in Brazil and receive no remuneration from a Brazilian source. (references)

Nigeria

Persons contemplating business deals are strongly urged to check with the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce, or the U.S. Secret Service before providing any information, making any financial commitments or traveling to Nigeria. (references)

Women

Dominica

The Welfare Department assists victims of abuse by finding temporary shelter, providing counseling to both parties, or recommending police action. (references)

Macau

The Bureau helps women who have been victims of domestic violence, providing not only a safe place for them and their children, but also advice regarding legal actions against the perpetrators. (references)

Malaysia

NGO's and political parties also cooperate in providing counseling for rape victims. (references)

Worker Rights

Namibia

Except for workers providing essential services such as jobs related to public health and safety and workers in the export processing zones (EPZ's), workers enjoy the right to strike once conciliation procedures have been exhausted, and 48-hour notice has been given to the employer and labor commissioner. (references)

Rwanda

The minimum age for full-time employment is 18 years, and 14 years for apprenticeships, providing that the child has completed primary school. (references)

Switzerland

Cantonal authorities already allegedly grant a residency permit on a case-by-case basis, but a legal framework providing this right had not been established. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Providing well

Expressions using "PROVIDING": country providing genetic resources ♦ providing general education ♦ providing that ♦ school providing vocational education. Additional references.

Ending with "PROVIDING": service-providing.

Albanian

furnizim (feed, furnishing, provision, purveyance, supply). (various references)

Arabic 

‏على شرط (provided that), ‏بشرط (as long as, on parole, provided that). (various references)

Bulgarian 

стига само да (provided), при условие че (provided). (various references)

Chinese 

提供 (documented, Offered, Offering, Provide, Provided). (various references)

Czech

pokud (as far as, as long as, in as far as, in so far as, inasmuch, provided, provided that, so long as), za předpokladu, že (provided, provided that). (various references)

Danish

placeringen af boreudstyret i borehullet er ogsaa afhaengig af blok-og taljesystemet,ligesom dette giver mulighed for gradvis at saenke borestrengen ned i hullet,efterhaanden som borekronen goer det dybere (as well as providing a means of gradually lowering the drilling string as the hole is deepened by the drill bit, the positioning of the drilling equipment in the hole is also a function of the block-and-tackle system), kontakterne med det formaal at undersoege handelsmuligheder,at indgaa kontrakter,at sikre deres opfyldelse og at tilvejebringe service efter salg (concluding contracts, contacts for the purpose of studying commercial possibilities, ensuring their implementation and providing after-sales services), almendannende skole (school providing general education), almenskole (school providing general education), EF-initiativ for økonomisk støtte til partnerskabslande i Centraleuropa, indtil de når et niveau, hvor de selv vil være i stand til at varetage forpligtelser som medlemmer af Den Europæiske Union (European Union initiative providing grant finance to support its partner countries in Central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership, PHARE), erhvervsfaglig skole (school providing vocational education, vocational school), EU-initiativ for økonomisk støtte til partnerskabslande i Centraleuropa,indtil de når et niveau,hvor de selv vil være i stand til at varetage forpligtelser som medlemmer af Den Europæiske Union (European Union initiative providing grant finance to support its partner countries in central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership, Phare), Europaeisk konvention om ensartet voldgiftslovgivning (European Convention providing a uniform Law on arbitration), fuldservice postkontor (office providing all services), fuldservicekontor (office providing all services), hastighedsgraense ved total adhaesion (speed limit providing total adhesion), alle de i artikel 59,stk.l,omhandlede tjenesteydere (all persons providing services within the meaning of the first paragraph of Article 59), informationsvaerdi (utility in providing information), tjenesteyderen kan udoeve sin virksomhed (in order to do so, the person providing a service may), land,der tilvejebringer genetiske ressourcer (country providing genetic resources), lokomotiv uden loebeaksler (engine providing total adhesion, locomotive providing total adhesion), registrering vedrørende beholdningsændringer (records providing for inventory changes), serviceorganisation (company providing services), servicevirksomhed (company providing services), serviceydelser (provision of services, service providing, service provision), tilsynsførende organ (firm providing on-site supervision), tjenesteydelser (provision of services, service, service providing, service provision, service trades, services), ikke-kommercielle arbejdspladser,som er i offentlighedens interesse eller af social eller økologisk art (non-commercial jobs providing public, social or environmental services). (various references)

Dutch

PTT-kantoor (office providing all services), post met de meest specifieke goederenomschrijving (heading providing the most specific description), instelling voor begeleiding (extension providing institution), al degenen die diensten verrichten als bedoeld in de eerste alinea van artikel 59 (all persons providing services within the meaning of the first paragraph of Article 59), beroepsopleidingsschool (school providing vocational education, vocational school), betekenis van de berichtgeving (utility in providing information), betrokkene (data subject, individual registered, lawyer providing the address for service, paying agent, person concerned, person concerned(warranting protection), person whose extradition is requested, registered person, stored and numbered person), bureau dat toezicht houdt (firm providing on-site supervision), contacten teneinde de commerciële mogelijkheden te onderzoeken, contracten te sluiten, toe te zien op de uitvoering daarvan en de verlening van diensten ten behoeve van afnemers te verzekeren (concluding contracts, contacts for the purpose of studying commercial possibilities, ensuring their implementation and providing after-sales services), degene die de diensten verricht,kan daartoe (in order to do so, the person providing a service may), dienstverlenend bedrijf (company providing services), dienstverrichting (provision of services, service providing, service provision), Europese Overeenkomst betreffende een eenvormige wet voor arbitrage in handelszaken (European Convention providing a uniform Law on arbitration), gedomicilieerde (lawyer providing the address for service, paying agent), advocaat bij wie domicilie werd gekozen (lawyer providing the address for service, paying agent), Initiatief van de Europese Unie voor financiële steun aan de partnerlanden in Centraal-Europa tot deze landen in staat zijn de verplichtingen van het lidmaatschap op zich te nemen (European Union initiative providing grant finance to support its partner countries in central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership, Phare), verstrekken van diensten (provision of services, service providing, service provision), land dat genetische rijkdommen levert (country providing genetic resources), leveren van diensten aan eindverbruiker (providing services to an end-user), locomotief met totale adhesie (engine providing total adhesion, locomotive providing total adhesion), niet-commerciële arbeidsplaatsen die van algemeen nut zijn of sociale en ecologische doeleinden hebben (non-commercial jobs providing public, social or environmental services), nut van de berichtgeving (utility in providing information), ontbindingsclausule die gevolg dient te hebben (clause providing for cancellation to be implemented), overzicht van inventariswijzigingen (records providing for inventory changes), snelheidslimiet voor totale adhesie (speed limit providing total adhesion), verrichten van diensten (provision of services, service, service providing, service provision), het takelsysteem dient ook om de boorapparatuur in het boorgat te plaatsen en als hulpmiddel om de boorserie geleidelijk te laten zakken naarmate het boorgat dieper wordt (as well as providing a means of gradually lowering the drilling string as the hole is deepened by the drill bit, the positioning of the drilling equipment in the hole is also a function of the block-and-tackle system). (various references)

Farsi 

مشروطبراینکه , درصورت . (various references)

Finnish

perintöaineksen toimittajamaa (country providing genetic resources), palvelujen järjestäminen (provision of services, service providing, service provision), kolmas osapuoli,jonka kotipaikka on vekselin maksupaikka (lawyer providing the address for service, paying agent), Euroopan unionin aloite,joka antaa avustusrahoitusta kumppanuusmaiden tukemiseksi Keski-Euroopassa,kunnes ne ovat valmiita ottamaan vastuulleen Euroopan unionin jäsenyyden mukanaan tuomat velvoitteet (European Union initiative providing grant finance to support its partner countries in central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership, Phare), Euroopan unionin aloite, joka antaa avustusrahoitusta kumppanuusmaiden tukemiseksi Keski-Euroopassa, kunnes ne ovat valmiita ottamaan vastuulleen Euroopan unionin jäsenyyden mukanaan tuomat velvoitteet (European Union initiative providing grant finance to support its partner countries in Central Europe to the stage where they are ready to assume the obligations of European Union membership, PHARE), asianajajan osoite,joka annetaan oikeudelle ja vastapuolelle kaikkien oikeudenkäyntiin liittyvien asiakirjojen toimittamista varten (lawyer providing the address for service, paying agent). (various references)

French

pourvoyant, approvisionnant, à condition que (provided that, providing that). (various references)

German

vorbereitet (prearranged, prepared), bereitstellend (appropriating). (various references)

Greek 

χορήγηση (administration, allowance, bestowal, giving, grant, granting, issue, supply). (various references)

Hebrew 

אם (ancestress, if, in case, matriarch, mother, on condition, supposing, whether, womb), בתנאי ש- (as long as, provided that). (various references)

Hungarian

gondoskodás (assiduity, care, charge, foresight, forethought, maintenance, provision, regard, solicitude), feltéve, hogy (assuming that, given that, provided that, providing that, so long as), ellátás (accommodations, alimentation, attendance, catering, electrification, fare, logistics, maintenance, provision, scaling, service, supply, sustenance, tending). (various references)

Indonesian

asal saja. (various references)

Italian

purché (also, as well, but, even, even if, even though, provided), sempre che (provided), fornitura (delivery, equipment, furnishing, outfit, provision, supply, supplying), fornire, fornendo, che fornisce, a patto che (provided). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

給食 (providing a meal, school lunch), 授産 (giving employment, providing with work, sheltered work programs), 民宿 (private home providing lodging for travelers), セル付 (10^-2, a center, bottle cap, celery, cellophane tape, center, centering, centi-, centimeter, centre, ceremony, facility providing funeral services, good sense, Scotch tape, select, selection, selector, selenium, sensation, sensational, sensor, serenade, stopper, with a self-starter). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きゅうしょく (job hunting, providing a meal, school lunch, seeking employment, suspension from office, temporary retirement), セレモニーホール (facility providing funeral services), じゅさん (giving employment, providing with work, sheltered work programs), みんしゅく (private home providing lodging for travelers). (various references)

Korean 

제공. (various references)

Pig Latin

ovidingpray.(various references)

Portuguese

contanto que (on condition that). (various references)

Russian 

обеспечивать обеспечение если. (various references)

Scottish

solar (a provision, purveying useful things). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pod pretpostavkom da (provided, providing that), ako (case: in case, if, provided). (various references)

Spanish

siempre que (as long as, provided, provided that, providing that, whenever), con tal que (provided, provided that, providing that, so long as). (various references)

Swedish

förutsatt att. (various references)

Turkish

sağlama (accommodation, enlistment, obtainment, procuration, procuring, proof, provision, supply), koşulu ile (provided that, providing that), eğer (if, provided that, providing that, whether), şartıyla (as long as, on condition that, on the understanding that, provided that, providing that). (various references)

Ukrainian

якщо (if, in case, now, subject to), за умови (provided, subject to). (various references)

Vietnamese 

được dự phòng được cung cấp (provided), được chuẩn bị đầy đủ (provided). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Misspellings

"PROVIDING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: peroxiding, povidone, provarian, providi. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: driving, droving, priding, proving, voiding.

-3 letters: diving, doping, indigo, origin, pidgin, pirogi, pongid, poring, riding, riping, riving, roping, roving, virgin, virion, viroid.

-4 letters: dingo, doing, gipon, giron, grind, groin, indri, iodin, iring, oping, orpin, piing, pingo, pirog, poind, prion, prong, rigid, vigor, virid.

-5 letters: ding, dong, dorp, drip, drop, gird, girn, giro, gorp, grid.

+1 letter: disproving.

+3 letters: disapproving.

+5 letters: disapprovingly.