"provide" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /pɹəˈvaɪd/ Audio: en-us-provide.ogg [US] Forms: provides [present, singular, third-person], providing [participle, present], provided [participle, past], provided [past], no-table-tags [table-tags], provide [infinitive]
enPR: prə-vīdʹ Rhymes: -aɪd Etymology: Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*pro-|*weyd-}}, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|providen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English providen, {{inh+|en|enm|providen}} Inherited from Middle English providen, {{der|en|la|prōvideō|prōvidēre|t=to foresee, act with foresight}} Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”), {{dbt|en|purvey}} Doublet of purvey Head templates: {{en-verb}} provide (third-person singular simple present provides, present participle providing, simple past and past participle provided) Inflection templates: {{en-conj|old=1|stem=provid}}
  1. To make a living; earn money for necessities. Translations (earn money for necessities): обезпечавам (obezpečavam) (Bulgarian), elättää (Finnish), tulla toimeen (Finnish), elättää (Ingrian), kiếm tiền (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-provide-en-verb--C75d8PD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 1 4 30 2 2 37 10 Disambiguation of 'earn money for necessities': 77 1 2 6 2 2 7 2
  2. To act to prepare for something.
    Sense id: en-provide-en-verb-ri2biuHn
  3. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate. Translations (to establish as a previous condition): поставям условие (postavjam uslovie) (Bulgarian), forudsætte (Danish), edellyttää (Finnish), voraussetzen (German), vorsehen (German), rendelkezik (Hungarian), megszab (Hungarian), kiköt (Hungarian), prevedere (Italian), supporre (Italian), video (Latin), förutsatt (Swedish), quy định (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-provide-en-verb-VKCb-mNN Disambiguation of 'to establish as a previous condition': 3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2
  4. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs. Translations (to give what is needed or desired): voorsien (Afrikaans), παρέχω (parékhō) (Ancient Greek), ὁράω (horáō) [dative, with-accusative] (Ancient Greek), hornitu (Basque), давам (davam) (Bulgarian), доставям (dostavjam) (Bulgarian), proveir (Catalan), 供給 (Chinese Mandarin), 供给 (gōngjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), poskytnout (Czech), forsørge (Danish), voorzien (english: van) (Dutch), verschaffen (Dutch), verstrekken (Dutch), provizi (Esperanto), tarjota (Finnish), fournir (French), procurer (French), prover (Galician), sorgen (German), den Unterhalt sichern (German), besorgen (German), beschaffen (German), heranschaffen (German), versorgen (German), παρέχω (parécho) (Greek), nyújt (Hungarian), biztosít (Hungarian), ad (Hungarian), szolgáltat (Hungarian), ellát (Hungarian), gondoskodik (Hungarian), soddisfare (Italian), 供給する (kyōkyū suru) (alt: きょうきゅうする) (Japanese), ផ្ដល់ (pdɑl) (Khmer), forsørge (Norwegian Bokmål), forsyte (Norwegian Nynorsk), provesir (Occitan), принести (prinesti) (Old Church Slavonic), dostarczać (Polish), dostarczyć (Polish), aprowidować [dated, imperfective] (Polish), zaaprowidować [dated, perfective] (Polish), zaprowidować [dated, perfective] (Polish), prover (Portuguese), oferi (Romanian), обеспе́чивать (obespéčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обеспе́чить (obespéčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), proveer (Spanish), förse (Swedish), försörja (Swedish), забезпе́чувати (zabezpéčuvaty) (Ukrainian), надава́ти (nadaváty) (Ukrainian), cung cấp (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-provide-en-verb-Dh9XLdXh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 1 4 30 2 2 37 10 Disambiguation of 'to give what is needed or desired': 5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1
  5. To furnish (with), cause to be present. Translations (to furnish (with)): voorsien (Afrikaans), زَوَّدَ (zawwada) (Arabic), снабдявам (snabdjavam) (Bulgarian), 供給 (Chinese Mandarin), 供给 (gōngjǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), forsyne (Danish), voorzien (Dutch), varustaa (Finnish), pourvoir (French), prover (Galician), versehen (German), versorgen (German), ausstatten (German), לספק (lesapek) (Hebrew), ellát (Hungarian), felszerel (Hungarian), beszerez (Hungarian), biztosít (Hungarian), nyújt (Hungarian), provvedere (Italian), fornire (Italian), erogare (Italian), 供給する (kyōkyū suru) (alt: きょうきゅうする) (Japanese), 공급하다 (gonggeuphada) (Korean), whakarato (Maori), prover (Portuguese), обеспе́чивать (obespéčivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), обеспе́чить (obespéčitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), снабжа́ть (snabžátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), снабди́ть (snabdítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), opskrbiti (Serbo-Croatian), obezbediti (Serbo-Croatian), obezbijediti (Serbo-Croatian), proveer (Spanish), förse (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-provide-en-verb-bx6BQEcG Disambiguation of 'to furnish (with)': 10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3
  6. To make possible or attainable.
    Sense id: en-provide-en-verb-B10xkyDV
  7. (obsolete, Latinism) To foresee, to consider in advance. Tags: Latinism, obsolete
    Sense id: en-provide-en-verb-xOkQEPl- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 1 4 30 2 2 37 10
  8. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.
    Sense id: en-provide-en-verb-FVB1urdA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 1 4 30 2 2 37 10
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: as provided for, provider, unprovided Related terms: provision

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "The contract provides that the work be well done.",
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          "text": "I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.",
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          "_dis1": "3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "bg",
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          "roman": "postavjam uslovie",
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          "word": "поставям условие"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
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          "_dis1": "3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2",
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
          "word": "rendelkezik"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
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          "_dis1": "3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
          "word": "kiköt"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
          "word": "prevedere"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2",
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
          "word": "supporre"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
          "word": "video"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
          "word": "förutsatt"
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          "_dis1": "3 1 88 2 2 1 1 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
          "word": "quy định"
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          "text": "Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.",
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          "text": "We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, page 320",
          "text": "Humans provided the animals with food and protection in exchange for which the animals provided the humans their milk, eggs, and—yes—their flesh.",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "voorsien"
        },
        {
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          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "hornitu"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "davam",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "давам"
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "dostavjam",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "доставям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "proveir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "供給"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "gōngjǐ",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "供给"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "poskytnout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "forsørge"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "english": "van",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "voorzien"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "verschaffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "verstrekken"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "provizi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "tarjota"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "fournir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "procurer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "prover"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "sorgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "den Unterhalt sichern"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "besorgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "beschaffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "heranschaffen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "versorgen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "parécho",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "παρέχω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "parékhō",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "παρέχω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "horáō",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "tags": [
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            "with-accusative"
          ],
          "word": "ὁράω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "nyújt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "biztosít"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "ad"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "szolgáltat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "ellát"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "gondoskodik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "soddisfare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "alt": "きょうきゅうする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kyōkyū suru",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "供給する"
        },
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "pdɑl",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "ផ្ដល់"
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
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          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
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          "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
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          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
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          "code": "pl",
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        {
          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "pt",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
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          "_dis1": "5 1 3 81 6 1 2 1",
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
          "word": "cung cấp"
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
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          "word": "prover"
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "word": "versehen"
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "de",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to furnish (with)",
          "word": "ellát"
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to furnish (with)",
          "word": "nyújt"
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "it",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "ko",
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          "word": "공급하다"
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to furnish (with)",
          "word": "whakarato"
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
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        {
          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
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          "_dis1": "10 3 4 10 64 1 5 3",
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          "ref": ", Act 5, Scene 10, in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume III page 144",
          "text": "We have not been covetous, honourable fathers, to change, neither is it now any new lust that alters our affection, or old lothing, but those needful jealousies of state, that warn wiser princes hourly to provide their safety, and do teach them how learned a thing it is to beware of the humblest enemy; much more of those great ones, whom their own employed favours have made fit for their fears.",
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          "ref": "1606, Ben Jonson, Volpone, Dedication, in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume III page 164",
          "text": "As for those that will (by faults which charity hath raked up, or common honesty concealed) make themselves a name with the multitude, or, to draw their rude and beastly claps, care not whose living faces they intrench with their petulant styles, may they do it without a rival, for me! I choose rather to live graved in obscurity, than share with them in so preposterous a fame. Nor can I blame the wishes of those severe and wise patriots, who providing the hurts these licentious spirits may do in a state, desire rather to see fools and devils, and those antique relics of barbarism retrieved, with all other ridiculous and exploded follies, than behold the wounds of private men, of princes and nations",
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        "To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor."
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          "ref": "2006, Michael Pollan, The Omnivore's Dilemma, The Penguin Press, page 320",
          "text": "Humans provided the animals with food and protection in exchange for which the animals provided the humans their milk, eggs, and—yes—their flesh.",
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        {
          "ref": ", Act 5, Scene 10, in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume III page 144",
          "text": "We have not been covetous, honourable fathers, to change, neither is it now any new lust that alters our affection, or old lothing, but those needful jealousies of state, that warn wiser princes hourly to provide their safety, and do teach them how learned a thing it is to beware of the humblest enemy; much more of those great ones, whom their own employed favours have made fit for their fears.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1606, Ben Jonson, Volpone, Dedication, in Gifford’s 1816 edition volume III page 164",
          "text": "As for those that will (by faults which charity hath raked up, or common honesty concealed) make themselves a name with the multitude, or, to draw their rude and beastly claps, care not whose living faces they intrench with their petulant styles, may they do it without a rival, for me! I choose rather to live graved in obscurity, than share with them in so preposterous a fame. Nor can I blame the wishes of those severe and wise patriots, who providing the hurts these licentious spirits may do in a state, desire rather to see fools and devils, and those antique relics of barbarism retrieved, with all other ridiculous and exploded follies, than behold the wounds of private men, of princes and nations",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To foresee, to consider in advance."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Latinism",
          "Latinism"
        ],
        [
          "foresee",
          "foresee"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "in advance",
          "in advance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete, Latinism) To foresee, to consider in advance."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Latinism",
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ecclesiastical",
          "ecclesiastical"
        ],
        [
          "benefice",
          "benefice"
        ],
        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ],
        [
          "provisor",
          "provisor"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/pɹəˈvaɪd/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪd"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-provide.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d7/En-us-provide.ogg/En-us-provide.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/En-us-provide.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "prə-vīdʹ"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "obezpečavam",
      "sense": "earn money for necessities",
      "word": "обезпечавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "earn money for necessities",
      "word": "elättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "earn money for necessities",
      "word": "tulla toimeen"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "earn money for necessities",
      "word": "elättää"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "earn money for necessities",
      "word": "kiếm tiền"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "voorsien"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "hornitu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "davam",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "давам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "dostavjam",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "доставям"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "proveir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "供給"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngjǐ",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "供给"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "poskytnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "forsørge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "english": "van",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "voorzien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "verschaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "verstrekken"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "provizi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "tarjota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "fournir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "procurer"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "prover"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "sorgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "den Unterhalt sichern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "besorgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "beschaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "heranschaffen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "versorgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "parécho",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "παρέχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "parékhō",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "παρέχω"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "horáō",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "with-accusative"
      ],
      "word": "ὁράω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "nyújt"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "biztosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "ad"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "szolgáltat"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "ellát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "gondoskodik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "soddisfare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうきゅうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōkyū suru",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "供給する"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "pdɑl",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "ផ្ដល់"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "forsørge"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "forsyte"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "provesir"
    },
    {
      "code": "cu",
      "lang": "Old Church Slavonic",
      "roman": "prinesti",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "принести"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "dostarczać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "dostarczyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "aprowidować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaaprowidować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaprowidować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "prover"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "oferi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obespéčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обеспе́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obespéčitʹ",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обеспе́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "proveer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "förse"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "försörja"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zabezpéčuvaty",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "забезпе́чувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nadaváty",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "надава́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to give what is needed or desired",
      "word": "cung cấp"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "postavjam uslovie",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "поставям условие"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "forudsætte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "edellyttää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "voraussetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "vorsehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "rendelkezik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "megszab"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "kiköt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "prevedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "supporre"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "video"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "förutsatt"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "to establish as a previous condition",
      "word": "quy định"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "voorsien"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "zawwada",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "زَوَّدَ"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "snabdjavam",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "снабдявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "供給"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gōngjǐ",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "供给"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "forsyne"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "voorzien"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "varustaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "pourvoir"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "prover"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "versehen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "versorgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "ausstatten"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "lesapek",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "לספק"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "ellát"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "felszerel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "beszerez"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "biztosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "nyújt"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "provvedere"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "fornire"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "erogare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きょうきゅうする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kyōkyū suru",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "供給する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gonggeuphada",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "공급하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "whakarato"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "prover"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obespéčivatʹ",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "обеспе́чивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "obespéčitʹ",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "обеспе́чить"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snabžátʹ",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "снабжа́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "snabdítʹ",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "снабди́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "opskrbiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "obezbediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "obezbijediti"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "proveer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to furnish (with)",
      "word": "förse"
    }
  ],
  "word": "provide"
}

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