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provide
Overview of verb provide
The verb provide has 7 senses (first 4 from tagged texts)
1. (272) supply, provide, render, furnish -- (provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater")
2. (25) provide, supply, ply, cater -- (provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests")
3. (14) provide -- (determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation; "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech")
4. (2) put up, provide, offer -- (mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance")
5. leave, allow for, allow, provide -- (make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway")
6. provide, bring home the bacon -- (supply means of subsistence; earn a living; "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon")
7. provide -- (take measures in preparation for; "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship")
Grep of noun provide
providence
provider
Antonyms of verb provide
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb provide
7 senses of provide
Sense 1
supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 2
provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 3
provide
=> stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
=> contract, undertake
=> promise, assure
=> declare
=> state, say, tell
=> express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to
Sense 4
put up, provide, offer
=> engage, wage
=> contend, fight, struggle
Sense 5
leave, allow for, allow, provide
=> yield, give, afford
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 6
provide, bring home the bacon
=> support
=> give
=> transfer
Sense 7
provide
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> change, alter, modify
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb provide
2 of 7 senses of provide
Sense 1
supply, provide, render, furnish
=> hydrate
=> charge
=> date
=> feed
=> calk
=> fund
=> stint, skimp, scant
=> terrace, terrasse
=> dado
=> innervate
=> offer
=> signalize, signalise
=> extend, offer
=> stock
=> stock, buy in
=> caption
=> tube
=> ticket
=> stock
=> stock
=> rim
=> fret
=> step
=> rail
=> grate
=> capitalize, capitalise
=> alphabetize
=> wharf
=> air-cool, air-condition
=> uniform
=> railroad
=> partner
=> bewhisker, whisker
=> subtitle
=> headline
=> match
=> hobnail
=> wive
=> victual
=> surfeit, cloy
=> heat
=> seat
=> seat
=> ramp
=> arm
=> interleave
=> glass, glaze
=> crenel, crenelate, crenellate
=> causeway
=> canal, canalize, canalise
=> bush
=> brattice
=> furnish
=> slat
=> berth
=> bed
=> computerize, computerise
=> costume
=> bottom
=> rafter
=> tool
=> key
=> fuel
=> provision, purvey
=> yield, give, afford
=> equip, fit, fit out, outfit
=> transistorize, transistorise
=> upholster
=> cleat
=> coal
=> corbel
=> cornice
=> constitutionalize
=> copper-bottom
=> curtain
=> gate
=> index
=> joint, articulate
=> pour
=> pump
=> fuel, fire
=> flood, oversupply, glut
=> toggle
=> patch
=> water
=> leverage
=> tap
=> top
=> reflectorize, reflectorise
=> retrofit
=> border, edge
=> machicolate
=> sanitate
=> hat
=> theme
=> kern
=> shelter
Sense 2
provide, supply, ply, cater
=> staff
=> drench
=> regale, treat
=> board
=> feed, give
=> feed
=> serve, serve up, dish out, dish up, dish
=> cater
=> pander, pimp, procure
=> serve, help
=> power
=> feed
=> gratify, pander, indulge
=> underlay
=> meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
=> horse
=> shower
=> accommodate
=> nourish, nurture, sustain
=> fix up
=> gutter
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb provide
7 senses of provide
Sense 1
supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
Sense 2
provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
Sense 3
provide
=> stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
Sense 4
put up, provide, offer
=> engage, wage
Sense 5
leave, allow for, allow, provide
=> yield, give, afford
Sense 6
provide, bring home the bacon
=> support
Sense 7
provide
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
'Cause To' of verb provide
Derived Forms of verb provide
5 of 7 senses of provide
Sense 1
supply, provide, render, furnish
RELATED TO>(noun) provision#2
=> provision, supply, supplying
RELATED TO>(noun) provider#1
=> supplier, provider
Sense 2
provide, supply, ply, cater
RELATED TO>(noun) provision#2
=> provision, supply, supplying
RELATED TO>(noun) provider#2
=> provider
Sense 3
provide
RELATED TO>(noun) provision#1
=> provision, proviso
Sense 6
provide, bring home the bacon
RELATED TO>(noun) provision#2
=> provision, supply, supplying
Sense 7
provide
RELATED TO>(adj) provident#1
=> provident
Domain of verb provide
Domain Terms of verb provide
Familiarity of verb provide
provide used as a verb is common (polysemy count =7)
Sample Sentences of verb provide
7 senses of provide
Sense 1
supply, provide, render, furnish
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
*> Something ----s something
*> Somebody ----s somebody with something
*> Somebody ----s something with something
Sense 2
provide, supply, ply, cater
EX: They provide the food to the people
EX: They provide the people the food
Sense 3
provide
*> Something is ----ing PP
*> Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
*> It ----s that CLAUSE
Sense 4
put up, provide, offer
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
leave, allow for, allow, provide
*> Somebody ----s something
*> Something ----s something
=> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 6
provide, bring home the bacon
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 7
provide
*> Somebody ----s PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb provide
7 senses of provide
Sense 1
supply, provide, render, furnish
> give
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> cough up, pony up, spit up
=> lease, let, rent
=> support
=> pay
=> accord, allot, grant
=> allow, grant
=> present, submit
=> bestow
=> heap
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> offer, proffer
=> contribute, give, chip in, kick in
=> render, return
=> deposit, bank
=> concede, yield, cede, grant
=> lend, loan
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> requite, repay
=> spare, give up, part with, dispense with
=> vest
=> enfeoff
Sense 2
provide, supply, ply, cater
> give
=> provide, supply, ply, cater
=> cough up, pony up, spit up
=> lease, let, rent
=> support
=> pay
=> accord, allot, grant
=> allow, grant
=> present, submit
=> bestow
=> heap
=> distribute, administer, mete out, deal, parcel out, lot, dispense, shell out, deal out, dish out, allot, dole out
=> offer, proffer
=> contribute, give, chip in, kick in
=> render, return
=> deposit, bank
=> concede, yield, cede, grant
=> lend, loan
=> supply, provide, render, furnish
=> requite, repay
=> spare, give up, part with, dispense with
=> vest
=> enfeoff
Sense 3
provide
> stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
=> provide
Sense 4
put up, provide, offer
> engage, wage
=> put up, provide, offer
Sense 5
leave, allow for, allow, provide
> yield, give, afford
=> open, open up
=> leave, allow for, allow, provide
Sense 6
provide, bring home the bacon
> support
=> fund
=> subsidize, subsidise
=> provide, bring home the bacon
=> see through
=> sponsor, patronize, patronise
Sense 7
provide
> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
=> socialize, socialise
=> provide
=> cram
=> precondition
=> fix
=> mount
=> set up, lay out, set
=> winterize, winterise
=> summerize, summerise
=> prime
=> cultivate, crop, work
=> brace, poise
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb provide
Sense 1
supply, provide, render, furnish
=> give
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Sense 2
provide, supply, ply, cater
=> give
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Sense 3
provide
=> stipulate, qualify, condition, specify
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Sense 4
put up, provide, offer
=> engage, wage
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Sense 5
leave, allow for, allow, provide
=> yield, give, afford
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Sense 6
provide, bring home the bacon
=> support
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Sense 7
provide
=> fix, prepare, set up, ready, gear up, set
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Grep of verb provide
provide
Grep of adj provide
provided with
provident
providential
Grep of adv provide
providentially
providently
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