Definition of Provide

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Provide

To look out for in advance; to procure beforehand; to get, collect, or make ready for future use; to prepare.

To supply; to afford; to contribute.

To furnish; to supply; -- formerly followed by of, now by with.

To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate; as, the contract provides that the work be well done.

To foresee.

To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See Provisor.

To procure supplies or means in advance; to take measures beforehand in view of an expected or a possible future need, especially a danger or an evil; -- followed by against or for; as, to provide against the inclemency of the weather; to provide for the education of a child.

To stipulate previously; to condition; as, the agreement provides for an early completion of the work.

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Provide Quotations

With the changing economy, no one has lifetime employment. But community colleges provide lifetime employability.
Barack Obama

One-third of the people in the United States promote, while the other two-thirds provide.
Will Rogers

Strong managers who make tough decisions to cut jobs provide the only true job security in today's world. Weak managers are the problem. Weak managers destroy jobs.
Jack Welch

Words do two major things: They provide food for the mind and create light for understanding and awareness.
Jim Rohn

I've always though that people need to feel good about themselves and I see my role as offering support to them, to provide some light along the way.
Leo Buscaglia

The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much it is whether we provide enough for those who have little.
Franklin D. Roosevelt

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States.
James Madison

The class of citizens who provide at once their own food and their own raiment, may be viewed as the most truly independent and happy.
James Madison

For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst and provide for it.
Patrick Henry

Education must provide the opportunities for self-fulfillment; it can at best provide a rich and challenging environment for the individual to explore, in his own way.
Noam Chomsky

Provide Translations

provide in Dutch is provianderen, spekken, bevoorraden
provide in French is obvier, approvisionnez, approvisionnons, pourvois
provide in Italian is provvedere, ovviare
provide in Latin is provideo, exorno, suggero, ministro, praebeo
provide in Spanish is facilitar, proveer, evitar, suministrar

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