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Provide

Definition: Provide

Provide

Verb

1. Provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"; "render assistence".

2. Provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests".

3. Determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), esp. by including a proviso condition; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money".

4. Mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "provide" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Provide

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

PROVIDE

EnglishPresentation and distribution of digital VideoN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Provide

Synonyms: cater (v), furnish (v), offer (v), ply (v), put up (v), render (v), supply (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Provide

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Content

Verb: be content; Adjective: rest satisfied, rest and be thankful; take the good the gods provide, let well alone, let well enough alone, feel oneself at home, hug oneself, lay the flattering unction to one's soul.

Economy

Save money, invest money; put out to interest; provide for a rainy day, save for a rainy day, provide against a rainy day, save against a rainy day; feather one's nest; look after the main chance.

Lawyer

Give legal counsel, provide legal counsel.

Preparation

Train; (teach); inure; (habituate); breed; prepare; for; rehearse; make provision for; take steps, take measures, take precautions; provide, provide against; beat up for recruits; open the door to; (facilitate).

Guard against, make sure against; forearm, make sure, prepare for the evil day, have a rod in pickle, provide against a rainy day, feather one's nest; lay in provisions; make investments; keep on foot.

Provision

Verb: provide; make provision, make due provision for; lay in, lay in a stock, lay in a store.

Have in store, have in reserve; keep, keep by one, keep on foot, keep on hand; have to fall back upon; store; provide against a rainy day; (economy).

Store

Adjective:; keep, file; lay in; (provide); preserve.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Provide

English words defined with "provide": provide for. (references)
Etymologies containing "provide": Provisor. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Provide" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (characterized by forethought, foresee, make provision, prophetic, provide for, provident, with DAT).

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Modern Usage: Provide

DomainUsage

Screenplays

That is why I say, sir, there is urgent reason for us to reach Mars: to provide the resources the human race will need if they are to survive (Conquest of Space; writing credit: Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley)

And as for you, you will love me as I loved you. You will provide me with an heir of pure blood, so that Commodus and his progeny will rule for a thousand years (Gladiator; writing credit: David Franzoni)

Your shrieks, my dear, provide a perfect accompaniment to this romantic evening (Leprechaun 4: In Space; writing credit: Dennis A. Pratt)

I provide much needed. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer)

The acoustics are somewhat inconsistent, should you reconsider your evaluation, I could provide you with a private box. (The Phantom of the Opera; writing credit: Gerry O'Hara)

Lyrics

I provide the funkdafied sounds that make yo move homes (Funkdafied; performing artist: Da Brat)

I can provide (Untitled; performing artist: D'Angelo)

I can finally afford to provide my family wit groceries (Forgot About Dre; performing artist: Dr. dre)

And I can't provide the right type of life for my family (Lose Yourself; performing artist: EMINEM)

And me lyrics a provide electrixity (Get Busy; performing artist: SEAN PAUL)

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

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Commercial Usage: Provide

DomainTitle

Books

  • Backyard Bird Watching for Kids: How to Attract, Feed, and Provide Homes for Birds (reference)

  • Everyday Cooking for Diabetics: Over 200 Delicious, Specially Created Recipes Which Provide Healthy, Balanced Meals Suitable for the Entire Family (reference)

  • Guaranteed Credit: A Time-Tested Program Guaranteed to Provide Clear, Step-By-Step Information on How to Repair, Restore and Rebuild Your Credit (reference)

  • Loving Trust: The Right Way to Provide for Yourself and Guarantee the Future of Your Loved Ones (reference)

  • Sexual Abuse in Schools: What Schools Must Do to Provide a Safer Environment for Our Children (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Music

  

High Tech

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

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Photo Album: Provide

ThumbnailDescription & CreditThumbnailDescription & Credit

In remote areas with little human habitation, the most appropriate action may be to post signs on the roads entering the epizootic area to warn people, and provide information on personal protection and plague prevention. Credit: CDC.

These pictures from the Hubble telescope's imaging spectrograph provide a new and ... Credit: NASA.

Hubble telescope images of Mars detail a rich geologic history and provide further evidence ... Credit: NASA.

Photographer takes self-portrait in South Pole marker Atmosheric phenomena provide halo for observer. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Well-rings and grasses provide erosion control in this location. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Dead trees provide evidence of erosion problems on Wye Island. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Oyster shells are recycled by planting them on soft muddy bottom. This gives a firm surface for the attachment of young oysters and helps provide larger crops. Credit: Fisheries.

Local piers provide access to recreational fishing for thousands throughout the United States. Here two fishermen are trying for Pacific mackerel off the Newport Pier on a foggy day. Credit: Fisheries.

On the gulf side looking back at the Greenhill Production Facility, standing on newly deposited sediment that will provide the substrate to build the marsh. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

PVC pipes are used to protect the Oculina varicosa and to provide stability during the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

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

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Digital Photo Gallery: Provide
 

"Abandoned Farm Kerry" by James Moore
Commentary: "Came upon this scene whilst driving in Kerry. I left the out of focus steering wheel in 'cos I like seeing things included that provide information about a photo. But you could always crop it or remove it any number of ways.(Please let me know if you use"

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Familiar Quotations: Provide

AuthorQuotation

Alexis De Tocqueville

Grant me thirty years of equal division of inheritances and a free press, and I will provide you with a republic.

Claude Levi-Strauss

The scientific mind does not so much provide the right answers as ask the right questions.

Edmund Burke

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.

Emerson

The colleges, while they provide us with libraries, furnish no professors of books; and I think no chair is so much needed.

Francois

Old people like to give good advice, as solace for no longer being able to provide bad examples.

Goethe

The whole purpose of the world seems to be to provide a physical basis for the growth of the spirit.

Sir Isaac Newton

Yet one thing secures us what ever betide, the scriptures assures us the Lord will provide.

Thomas Jefferson

And lastly, let us provide in our constitution for its revision at stated periods.

Virgil

Our foes will provide us with arms.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Provide

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

Where there is no longer the administration of justice, for the securing of men's rights, nor any remaining power within the community to direct the force, or provide for the necessities of the public, there certainly is no government left. (Second Treatise of Government)

US Declaration of Independence

1776

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. (reference)

US Constitution

1791

We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. (reference)

Amendment to US Constitution

1795-1999

If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified. (reference)

Marbury v. Madison

1803

If the solicitude of the convention, respecting our peace with foreign powers, induced a provision that the supreme court should take original jurisdiction in cases which might be supposed to affect them; yet the clause would have proceeded no further than to provide for such cases, if no further restriction on the powers of congress had been intended. (reference)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

They can be removed by the Council of the League of Nations, which will provide for their replacement. (reference)

Winston S. Churchill

1946

The earth is a generous mother; she will provide in plentiful abundance food for all her children if they will but cultivate her soil in justice and in peace. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Brown v. Board of Education

1954

Such an opportunity, where the state has undertaken to provide it, is a right which must be made available to all on equal terms. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Provide

TitleAuthorQuote

Emma

Austen, Jane

You provide for the family, you know, (with a smile at his father)

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

Her Majesty said, if I would contrive a boat, her own joiner should make it, and she would provide a place for me to sail in.

Walden

Thoreau, Henry David

If others are the machines to provide this provender, they are the machines to read it.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Provide

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

Provide genetic counseling to family. (references)

Provide access to blood banking expertise. (references)

The vaccine does not provide 100% protection. (references)

Business

Tourists also provide a substantial market for giftware. (references)

Two private firms are competing to provide local service. (references)

This trend should provide opportunities for American firms. (references)

Children

Somalia

These schools are inexpensive and provide basic education; however, there were reports that these schools required the veiling of small girls and other conservative Islamic practices normally not found in the local culture. (references)

Gambia

In cases of divorce, the Department of Social Welfare attempted to require periodic financial support by fathers; however, there was no criminal prosecution when fathers failed to provide financial support. (references)

Malta

Efforts continued during the year to provide children with disabilities with access to mainstream schools as opposed to segregated schools. (references)

Civil Liberties

Cyprus

To pass the Greek Cypriot checkpoint, Turkish Cypriots must provide their planned itinerary, including their projected time of return, to the checkpoint police. (references)

Cuba

Many missions do not accept this requirement and send materials out; however, the Government's threats to expel embassy officers who provide published materials had a chilling effect on some missions. (references)

Iran

Recognized religious minorities may use non-Persian languages to provide religious instruction, but often teach in Persian. (references)

Discrimination

Latvia

Amendments to the Constitution passed by Parliament in 1998 provide for the protection from discrimination due to race, sex, religion, language, or disability; however, discrimination against women in the workplace is a problem. (references)

Haiti

It does provide for equal working conditions regardless of sex, beliefs, or marital status. (references)

Cyprus

Laws in both communities provide for protection against discrimination based on sex, religion, or national, racial, or ethnic origin. (references)

Economic History

Mexico

A branch can provide rights and responsibilities similar to a corporation, including tax liability and access to local courts, but requires the approval of the National Foreign Investment Commission. (references)

Jordan

These quotes provide the basis for the benchmark yield curve published daily on the Central Bank reuters pages and in the local Arabic Newspapers. (references)

Maldives

Employees are usually authorized 20 days of annual leave, 30 days of medical leave, 45 days' maternity leave, and 10 days of special annual leave for "extraordinary circumstances." There are no laws governing health and safety conditions; however, there are regulatory requirements that employers provide a safe working environment and ensure the observance of safety measures. (references)

Human Rights

Benin

Family members are expected to provide food for inmates to supplement prison rations. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The RS judicial hierarchy includes a Supreme Court to provide for the unified enforcement of the law and a Constitutional Court to assure conformity of laws, regulations, and general enactments with the Constitution. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Laws enacted in 2000 provide a merit-based, nonpolitical structure for the appointment and dismissal of judges and prosecutors and provide uniform standards for their professional conduct. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Western Australia continued to retain its mandatory sentencing laws, which provide that a person (adult or juvenile) who commits the crime of home burglary three or more times is subject to a mandatory minimum prison sentence. (references)

Finland

Sami (Lapps), who constitute less than 0.1 percent of the population, benefit from legal provisions that provide for the protection of minority rights and customs. (references)

Brazil

FUNAI also has been unable to provide mandated health care and other basic services. (references)

Minorities

Hungary

The Roma Civic Rights Foundation visits and reports on cases of forced eviction, and works on urging local governments to provide temporary shelters. (references)

Ethiopia

Longstanding Evangelical Protestant denominations, particularly the Mekane Yesus church and Kale Heywet churches, provide social services such as health care and education to nonmembers as well as to members. (references)

Israel and the occupied territories

In March 1999, the High Court ordered the Ministry of Health to provide within 2 months six permanent health clinics to serve the unrecognized villages; only one clinic had been built by year's end. (references)

Political Economy

Congo

The insolvent public sector could not provide even basic public services. (references)

Burkina Faso

Arbitrary arrest and detention are problems, and authorities do not provide detainees with due process. (references)

Japan

In spite of a lengthy economic downturn, the industrialized free market economy continues to provide the approximately 127 million residents with a high standard of living and high levels of employment. (references)

Political Rights

Kazakhstan

The OSCE noted that a number of legal provisions regarding the election did not meet international standards; in particular, the OSCE stated that the procedure violated international standards which require a secret ballot and did not provide transparency while counting and registering election results. (references)

Singapore

The recent development of government-organized and predominantly publicly funded Community Development Councils (CDC's) to promote community development and cohesion and to provide welfare and other assistance services strengthens the PAP, which dominates these CDC's even in opposition-held constituencies. (references)

Comoros

The 1999 Constitution did not provide specifically for the right of citizens to change their government, and in practice citizens have not exercised this right; however, the new Constitution, which was approved December 23 in a national referendum, provides for the right of citizens to change their government in regularly scheduled elections. (references)

Trade

Argentina

Direct Loans from EXIM provide foreign buyers with competitive, fixed-rate financing for the purchase of U.S. capital goods and related services. (references)

Colombia

Groups the firms that provide this financial service. (references)

Colombia

The Andean Community price band system lacks transparency and can be manipulated to provide arbitrary levels of import protection. (references)

Travel

Chile

Although Medicare and Medicaid programs typically do not cover expenses incurred overseas, many travel agents and private companies can provide insurance plans that do. Americans should also consider that many doctors and hospitals require payment in cash before prior to providing service. (references)

Maldives

Some resorts operate speedboats for their guests, and several local companies provide air taxi service by seaplane and helicopter to outlying islands. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Many hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and supermarkets provide security guards to protect their clients and their vehicles. (references)

Women

Morocco

While physical abuse legally is grounds for divorce, a court will grant a divorce only if the woman is able to provide two witnesses to the abuse. (references)

Saint Kitts and Nevis

In 2000 a Domestic Violence Act was drafted; it would criminalize domestic violence and provide penalties for abusers. (references)

Lithuania

Seven women's shelters provide assistance to victims of violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Sri Lanka

Penal Code amendments enacted in 1995 provide for penalties for trafficking in women including imprisonment for 2 to 20 years, and a fine. (references)

Haiti

Annually, a minimum wage worker would earn approximately $473 (11,000 gourdes), an income above the national average but not sufficient to provide a decent standard of living for a worker and family. (references)

India

The PITA also requires the Government to provide protection and rehabilitation for these rescued girls. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

REACH, n. The radius of action of the human hand. The area within which it is possible (and customary) to gratify directly the propensity to provide. This is a truth, as old as the hills, That life and experience teach: The poor man suffers that keenest of ills, An impediment of his reach. G.J.

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

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Spoken Usage: Provide

SpeakerPhrase(s)

James Dobson

I believe the scripture makes it clear that Jesus Christ came to provide a remedy for sin and to be a savior to those who would believe on His name and that through Him, they would be saved.

Rush Limbaugh

When a man isn't working and struggling to provide for his family he does not have the money to start a business.

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

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Speeches: Provide

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

John Adams

1797-1801If in your opinion this important trust ought now to be executed, you can not fail while performing it to take into view the future probable situation of the territory for the happiness of which you are about to provide.

Thomas Jefferson

1801-1809Because of copyright reasons we cannot publish all texts that are available on the internet in our own format, which would allow us to provide links to relevant background material for the letters.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Legislation is now pending in the Congress which would provide for ceiling prices for old and new houses.

John F. Kennedy

1961-1963Measures to provide health care for the aged under Social Security, and to increase the supply of both facilities and personnel, must be undertaken this year.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Every child must have the best education that this Nation can provide.

Jimmy Carter

1977-1981All reservists are assigned to units structured to complement and provide needed depth to our active forces.

Ronald Reagan

1981-1989Struggling parents today worry how they will provide their children the advantages that their parents gave them.

George Bush

1989-1993Each of them has volunteered to provide for this nation's defense.

Bill Clinton

1993-2001Tax credits for businesses that provide child care for their employees.

George W. Bush

2001-2005And with the support of Congress, we will continue to work to provide the resources school need to fund the era of reform.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Provide

"Provide" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 73.77% of the time. "Provide" is used about 22,297 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)73.77%16,450563
Lexical Verb (base form)26.23%5,8481,660
                    Total100.00%22,297N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: Provide

The following table summarizes names derived from the word "provide".
 
NameGenderLanguageMeaning
Jehovah-jirehN/ABiblical

The Lord will provide

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

 

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Expressions: Provide

Expressions using "provide": provide a safe haven provide a topic of conversation provide against provide against a rainy day provide an alibi provide an excuse provide for provide legal counsel provide lodging for provide oneself provide oneself with provide protection provide seats for provide smb. with provide support provide that provide warmth provide with provide with a dowry provide with clothes provide with formal education provide with teeth provide with telematic provide wuth take the good the gods provide. Additional references.

Hypenated Usage

Ending with "provide": emphases-provide, over-provide, workers-provide.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Provide

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

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114

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6

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31

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6

provide

25

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6

happily judge monthly p provide we will

23

morry provide

6

direct goal inspector our provide representation

19

can computer dell networking provide purchase services support support technical wclink

6

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18

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5

company desk help just other provide survey that

18

client it provide solution uname we workstation

5

best care highest product provide quality skin

16

orthopedic provide we

4

aloe body can many nutrients provide that vera

15

aim b complete personal provide we

4

2w accurate concise provide technology will

9

edge i leading mission our provide

4

intranet provide solution

9

frost provide provide robert

4

dentist examination provide radiographic ray x

9

complete custom design provide site we web xtend

4

comfort operation provide

9

arrangeme fully furnished golden living provide suite we

4

designer power power provide supply system

9

advice financial independent provide we

3

been best designed f have our product provide value

8

2c inspection phr provide services testing

3

classifieds provide

8

provide service specialist

3

computer mid provide sales services size small we

8

credit provide

3

can provide services technical we

7

can computer computer dell networking provide purchase services support support technical wclink we

3

net provide

7

acid continue highest loop provide quality

3

business communication conferencing provide we web

7

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3
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Provide

Language Translations for "provide"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

parashikon, parandaloj (forbid, forestall, head off, obviate, preclude, prevent, save), pajis me, siguroj (acquire, assure, avouch, bear, certify, come by, cover, ensure, find, fit out, furnish, guy, haven, house, indemnify, insure, keep, lock up, obtain, procure, purvey, reassure, satisfy, secure, supply, take care of, underwrite, vouch, warrant, win), kujdesem për (cater, cater for, do for, Foster, look after, mother, nurse, provide for, see about, see to, take care of, tend), jap (accord, adjudge, administer, afford, allow, assign, award, bear, bestow, come through, concede, deliver, dish, dispense, furnish, get through, give, give in, hand in, impart, land, lend, pay, present, produce, reach, throw, vouchsafe, yield). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مد (add to, dilate, distend, draw out, elongate, equip with, expand, extend, extension, furnish, help, lengthen, lengthening, outspread, outstretch, prolong, prolongate, prolongation, protract, protraction, respite, spread, stretch, supply with), ‏نص على, ‏وضع شروط, ‏تزود (stock, supply, tool up), ‏تأهب (alertness, get ready, prepare, preparedness, readiness, set, square up to, stand by), ‏زود (accommodate, assort, button, cap, chock, cover, eke out, equip, fit, fit out, furnish, gloss, irrigate, lend, outfit, purvey, rig out, serve, set up, store, supply, tool up), ‏جهز (accommodate, activate, appoint, device, equip, equip with, fit, fit out, furnish, gear, get ready, outfit, pack up, prepare, set off, set smb. up in smth., stand by, think out), ‏إحتاط (reserve), ‏إشترط (stipulate). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

обезпечавам (assure, cover, guarantee, insure, secure, suit, support), погрижвам се (arrange, attend, see), постановявам (decree, enact, rule), правя уговорка, предпазни мерки (preventive), предвиждам (calculate, divine, envisage, forecast, foresee, intend, plan, previse, prevision, provide for, second-guess, see beyond), доставям (accommodate, afford, furnish, get, give, haul, heel, purvey, rustle up, supply), набавям, уговарям (condition, contract, negotiate, set, settle, settle on, stipulate), обзавеждам (equip, furnish, outfit), осигурявам (assure, cover, ensure, indemnify, insure, secure, stipulate), вземам предпазни мерки, вземам мерки (deal, take steps), грижа се (bother, care, care about, concern, fend, trouble), снабдявам (accommodate, arm, cater, feed, find, fit out, fit up, fuel, furnish, issue, outfit, purvey, rig out, set up, stock, suit, supply), екипирам (accouter, accoutre, equip, fit out, kit, outfit, rig out). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

發放 (give, grant), (for, for the benefit of, to, to allow, to do sth, to give, to supply), 提供 (documented, Offered, Offering, Provided, Providing), 供給 (furnish, supply). (various references)

   

Czech

  

opatřit (fit out, furnish, get, obtain, procure, purvey, raise, stock, store, supply, take out). (various references)

   

Danish

  

forefinde. (various references)

   

Dutch

  

spekken (accommodate, fill, fill in, fill up, supply), provianderen (accommodate, provision, supply), bevoorraden (accommodate, supply). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

provizi (supply). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

gera út (accommodate, equip, supply), fáa (accomplish, achieve, acquire, attain, be able, be able to, get, harvest, have, obtain, reach, receive), búgva út (accommodate, equip, supply), útvega (achieve, acquire, attain, employ, get, hire, obtain, recruit). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

میسرساختن , وسیله فراهم کردن (Enable), تهیه دیدن , تامین کردن توشه دادن , اماده کردن (Dight, Gird, Prime, Ready, Unlimber). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

varustaa (equip, fit, fortify, furnish, supply), varata (allow, occupy, put aside, reserve, set apart, take), välittää (act as an intermediary, arrange supply, care, connect, convey, mediate, mind, negotiate, pay attention, relay, transmit), määrätä (appoint, assign, determine, direct, fix, lay down, modify, order, prescribe, preseribe, qualify), hankkia (achieve, acquire, attain, furnish deliver, get, obtain, procure, secure, supply). (various references)

   

French

  

prévoir (predict, presage), pourvoir (provide for), munir. (various references)

   

German

  

versorgen (accommodate, care for, feed, groom, keep, look after, maintain, provide for, purvey, serve, settle, settle down, supply, support, take care of, to supply), versehen (aberration, accommodate, discharge, equip, error, fit, hold, inadvertence, look after, mistake, occupy, omit, overlook, oversight, perform, provided, see to, stock, supply, take care of), verschaffen (earn, furnish, supply, wangle), besorgen (acquire, attend to, find, fix, get, handle, look after, procure, see to, tale care of, to deal with, to see to), beschaffen (get hold of, obtain, procure, supply, to supply), bereitstellen (get ready, make available, put on stand-by, put up, stand by, supply), ausstatten (accommodate, configurate, endow, equip, fit, fit up, furnish, kit out, kit up, produce, stock, supply, to configurate, to equip, to fit out, to furnish, vest). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

προνοώ (look ahead, take care). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לקבוע (appoint, condition, designate, determine, fix, insert, install, prescribe), לפרנס (keep, maintain, supply, support), להמציא (contrive, devise, excogitate, furnish, invent, make up, originate, present, submit, think up), להעמיד לרשות, לציד (arm, equip, fit out, fit up, furnish, outfit, set up, stock, supply), לספק (furnish, give, please, purvey, satisfy, supply). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gondoskodik valamirõl (provide for, see to), ellát (administer, cater, fit out, fit up, fit with, maintain, ration, supply, tend, to cater, to deck over, to electrify, to emboss, to fit out, to fit up, to furnish, to fuse, to fuze, to graduate, to groom, to horse, to initial, to issue, to lattice, to minister, to page, to ply, to rig, to sheathe, to trellis), beszerez (get, got, lay up, to get, to get in, to lay up, to procure, to provide, to purchase), ad (accord, administer, bestow, gave, give, hand, inflict, to afford, to allot, to concede, to contribute, to extend, to furnish, to gift, to indenture, to inflict, to provide, to render). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

menyediakan (equip, funds), make available, prepare, set aside (foods). (various references)

   

Italian

  

provvedere (arrange, arrange for, cater, fend, get ready, minister, provide for, provide oneself, purvey, stock, store, supply, take care), prevedere (anticipate, contemplate, expect, forecast, foreknow, foresee, foretell, look ahead, reckon on). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

備える (to equip, to furnish, to have ready, to install, to provide for). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

そなえつける (to equip, to furnish, to install, to provide), そなえる (to be armed with, to be endowed with, to be furnished with, to dedicate, to equip, to furnish, to have, to have ready, to install, to offer, to possess, to prepare for, to provide for, to sacrifice), しつらえる (to arrange, to install, to provide), きょうする (to feast, to provide dinner for, to treat), べんをはかる (to administer to the convenience of, to provide facilities), まかなう (to give board to, to pay, to provide meals), まんいちにそなえる (to provide against contingencies), あんぜんをはかる (to provide for safety), もちだし (an item carried out, provide money), じんちゅうみまい (visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

제공하십시요. (various references)

   

Manx

  

kiarail (circumspection, cogitate, cogitation, design, destine, determine, intend, intention, prepare; care, provision, purport, purpose, purvey, resolution, resolve, vigilance). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ovidepray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

prover (furnish, give, outfit, prime, replenish, stock, supply), abastecer (bunker, feed, fill up, fuel, provision, refuel, stock, store, supply, victual). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

prevedea (anticipate, envisage, forecast, foreknow, foresee, gauge, look for, provide that, stipulate), prescrie (administer, dispense, enjoin, order, prescribe), se îngriji de acoperire, furniza (afford, bring, deliver, expedite, find, give, instruct, purvey, supply), face rost, asigura (affix, assure, attach, cover, determine, ensure, fasten, find, fix, guarantee, guard, indemnify, insure, make fast, procure, promise, provide for, reassure, secure, underwrite), aproviziona (furnish, provide for, provision, recruit, stock, store, supply), înzestra (dower, endow, gift, grace, habilitate, head, stock). (various references)

   

Romansch

  

porscher (to provide). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

обеспечивать (endow, endowed, endowing, ensure, equip with, fix out, instate, keep, procure, provide with, supply with). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

solair (gather, procure). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

snabdeti (cater, equip, feed, furnish, gird, heel, purvey, ration, stock, stock up, supply), obezbediti (assure, ensure, insure, put through, safeguard, safeguard against, secure, supply), obdariti (endow, invest). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

suministrar (accommodate, furnish, provision, purvey, supply), proveer (accommodate, cater, furnish, provision, purvey, rig out, stock, supply), proporcionar (afford, feed back, furnish, proportion, put up, supply). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

förse (endue, feed, fit, furnish, invest, issue, kit out, kit up, serve, supplie, supply, vest). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

temin etmek (assure, cater, cater for, insure, make sure, procure, promise, provide with, supply, warrant), sağlamak (accommodate, accommodate smb. with, arm, assure, carry, cater, cater for, come in, derive, enlist, ensure, extract, fend for, find, fix, fix up, furnish, get out of, implement, keep, lay in, lay on, maintain, make, obtain, procure, provide with, provision, purvey, secure, suck, supply, yield), koşul koymak, karşılamak (answer, compensate, counterbalance, counterpoise, countervail, fulfil, fulfill, greet, make amends, meet, provision, receive, recompense, recoup, redress, satisfy, supply, take, welcome), ihtiyacını karşılamak, hazırlıklı olmak (be ready, brace oneself for smth.), şart koşmak (condition, lay down, lay down as a condition, stipulate), önlem almak (hedge, make provision, make provision against, maneuver, manoeuvre, provide against, take measures, take precautions, take steps). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

ьpjьnetmek (supply). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

заготовляти (cure), забороняти (bar, disallow, embar, enjoin, forbid, inhibit, interdict, proclaim, prohibit, suppress, taboo, tabu, veto), забезпечувати (assure, document, ensure, feed, fit out, fix out, furnish, nourish), запасати (garner, hoard, hoard up, lay down, lay up, reserve, store), приготуватися, постачати (accommodate, administer, administrate, assort, feed, fit up, fix out, furnish, nourish, set up, stock, store, supply), подавати (adduce, pass in, prefer, present, send, send in), передбачати (allow for, anticipate, apprehend, cover, divine, envisage, envision, forecast, foresee, presage, previse, prognosticate), давати (accord, afford, allow, bring in, carry, give, produce, yield). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

darparu (prepare), darbod (prepare, provision), arlwyo (cook, prepare). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Provide

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

accincta, accinctaeque, accincti, accinctisque, accinctos, accinctum, accinctus, accinctusque, accingatur, accinge, accingens, accingent, accingentes, accingentur, accingere, accingetur, accingimini, accingit, accingite, accinxerunt, accinxi, accinxisti, accinxit, adparatu, adparatum, adparatus, apparere, apparet, clypeo, exorno, ministro, praebe, praebebant, praebebantur, praebebat, praebebis, praebebisque, praebebit, praebebo, praebens, praebente, praebeo, praebeo, prebeo, praebere, praebes, praebet, praebete, praebita, praebitam, praebitionis, praebuerat, praebuerit, praebuerunt, praebui, praebuisti, praebuistis, praebuit, praebuitque, provideo, providere, substerno, suffecerit, suffecit, sufficere, sufficerent, sufficeret, sufficiant, sufficiat, sufficiebant, sufficiebat, sufficiens, sufficient, sufficientes, sufficientia, sufficientiam, sufficientis, sufficiet, sufficit, sufficiunt, suggero. (various references)

Old English450-1100

foresceawian, ge-fremman. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Provide

LanguageDateSourceMatthew Chapter 10, Verse 9
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintMh kthshsqe cruson mhde arguron mhde calkon eiV taV zwnaV umwn
Latin405VulgateNolite possidere aurum neque argentum neque pecuniam in zonis vestris
Old English990West SaxonNæbben ge gold ne selfer ne feoh oneowren bygerdlen.
Middle English1395WyclifNyle ye welde gold, nether siluer, ne money in youre girdlis, not a scrippe in the weie,
Renaissance English1526TyndalePosses not golde nor silver nor brassse yn youre gerdels
Jacobean English1611