Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to provide for sb
Participle: provided for sb
Gerund: providing for sb
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | provide for sb |
| you | provide for sb |
| he;she;it | provides for sb |
| we | provide for sb |
| you | provide for sb |
| they | provide for sb |
Perfect
| I | have provided for sb |
| you | have provided for sb |
| he;she;it | has provided for sb |
| we | have provided for sb |
| you | have provided for sb |
| they | have provided for sb |
Past
| I | provided for sb |
| you | provided for sb |
| he;she;it | provided for sb |
| we | provided for sb |
| you | provided for sb |
| they | provided for sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had provided for sb |
| you | had provided for sb |
| he;she;it | had provided for sb |
| we | had provided for sb |
| you | had provided for sb |
| they | had provided for sb |
Future
| I | will provide for sb |
| you | will provide for sb |
| he;she;it | will provide for sb |
| we | will provide for sb |
| you | will provide for sb |
| they | will provide for sb |
Future Perfect
| I | will have provided for sb |
| you | will have provided for sb |
| he;she;it | will have provided for sb |
| we | will have provided for sb |
| you | will have provided for sb |
| they | will have provided for sb |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | provide for sb |
| you | provide for sb |
| he;she;it | provide for sb |
| we | provide for sb |
| you | provide for sb |
| they | provide for sb |
Perfect
| I | have provided for sb |
| you | have provided for sb |
| he;she;it | have provided for sb |
| we | have provided for sb |
| you | have provided for sb |
| they | have provided for sb |
Imperfect
| I | provided for sb |
| you | provided for sb |
| he;she;it | provided for sb |
| we | provided for sb |
| you | provided for sb |
| they | provided for sb |
Pluperfect
| I | had provided for sb |
| you | had provided for sb |
| he;she;it | had provided for sb |
| we | had provided for sb |
| you | had provided for sb |
| they | had provided for sb |
Conditional
Present
| I | would provide for sb |
| you | would provide for sb |
| he;she;it | would provide for sb |
| we | would provide for sb |
| you | would provide for sb |
| they | would provide for sb |
Perfect
| I | would have provided for sb |
| you | would have provided for sb |
| he;she;it | would have provided for sb |
| we | would have provided for sb |
| you | would have provided for sb |
| they | would have provided for sb |
Imperative
| you | provide for sb |
| we | Let's provide for sb |
| you | provide for sb |
Verbs conjugated like 'provide'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'provide'
provine,
peroxide,
præside,
preside,
previse,
pride,
profile,
promise,
propine,
prove,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to move, shift, provide something abstract or concrete to someone or something or somewhere
- accord, assign, award, bestow, confer, contribute, deliver, do, donate, give, give away, grant, hand, hand in, hand over, minister, pass, present, turn in
- to give something that is or becomes part of a larger whole
- add, assist, bestow, bring, chip in, do one's bit, donate, endow, fund, gift, grant, impart, invest, join, kick in, lend, participate, pitch in, pledge, put up, set forward, supply, support, sweeten the kitty, contribute
- furnish
- arrange, afford, stock, ready, contribute, render, prepare, grant
Antonyms
- furnish
- strip, dismantle, withdraw, withhold
Additional Information
Etymology
1. 1407, from L.
providere "look ahead, prepare, supply," from
pro- "ahead" +
videre "to see" (see vision).
2. Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey. See: Latin '
prōvideō'.
Verbs referencing "provide"
French
pourvoir.
Sample Sentences
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[...] sometimes ) we are pretty cheerful. If it wo n't, we all remark to each other that it 's very cold, rub our hands, cover ourselves with coats and cloaks, and lie down again to doze, talk, and read (provided as aforesaid ), until dinner-time. At five, another bell rings, and the stewardess reappears with another dish of potatoes—boiled this time—and store of hot meat of various kinds: not forgetting [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] but working bees in the hive. Those who by physical or mental imbecility are disqualified from work, are thereby disqualified from being members of an industrious community; and they can be better provided for in establishments fitted for the infirm. ’
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] trade as if he were a sane man. In the garden, and on the farm, they work with spades, rakes, and hoes. For amusement, they walk, run, fish, paint, read, and ride out to take the air in carriages provided for the purpose. They have among themselves a sewing society to make clothes for the poor, which holds meetings, passes resolutions, never comes to fisty-cuffs or bowie-knives as sane assemblies [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] pinch of the argument was, that his wife knew it, and, of course was making an assault on rather an indefensible point. So he had recourse to the usual means of gaining time for such cases made and provided; he said “ ahem, ” and coughed several times, took out his pocket-handkerchief, and began to wipe his glasses. Mrs. Bird, seeing the defenceless condition of the enemy's territory, had no more [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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With many gentle and womanly offices, which none knew better how to render than Mrs. Bird, the poor woman was, in time, rendered more calm. A temporary bed was provided for her on the settle, near the fire; and, after a short time, she fell into a heavy slumber, with the child, who seemed no less weary, soundly sleeping on her arm; for the mother resisted, with [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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Philadelphia is most bountifully provided with fresh water, which is showered and jerked about, and turned on, and poured off, everywhere. The Waterworks, which are on a height near the city, are no less ornamental than useful, being [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] sturdy oak, the other of grated iron, wherein there is a trap through which his food is handed. He has a Bible, and a slate and pencil, and, under certain restrictions, has sometimes other books, provided for the purpose, and pen and ink and paper. His razor, plate, and can, and basin, hang upon the wall, or shine upon the little shelf. Fresh water is laid on in every cell, and he can draw it at [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] places of America, this filthy custom is recognised. In the courts of law, the judge has his spittoon, the crier his, the witness his, and the prisoner his; while the jurymen and spectators are provided for, as so many men who in the course of nature must desire to spit incessantly. In the hospitals, the students of medicine are requested, by notices upon the wall, to eject their tobacco juice [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] many men who in the course of nature must desire to spit incessantly. In the hospitals, the students of medicine are requested, by notices upon the wall, to eject their tobacco juice into the boxes provided for that purpose, and not to discolour the stairs. In public buildings, visitors are implored, through the same agency, to squirt the essence of their quids, or ‘plugs, ’ as I have heard them [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] the windows down into the street below, when we drove up, as if it had been illuminated on some occasion of rejoicing. It is an excellent house, and the proprietors have most bountiful notions of providing the creature comforts. Dining alone with my wife in our own room, one day, I counted fourteen dishes on the table at once.
(American Notes for General Circulation)