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provide
What does provide mean?
provide (verb): to furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use provide in a sentence?
- We provided the room with an electrical heater. (Princeton WordNet 3.1)
How do you pronounce provide?
/pɹəˈvaɪd/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does provide come from?
Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”).
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of provide?
Words related to provide
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “provide”?
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What does “provide” mean?
to be courageous enough to try or do something
Not quite: that's what dare means.
to furnish (with), cause to be present, supply
Right! That's what “provide” means.
record in a public office or in a court of law
Not quite: that's what file means.
to give way under force; to succumb to a force
Not quite: that's what yield means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “provide”?
become
Not quite: become means something else.
report
Not quite: report means something else.
supply
Right!
happen
Not quite: happen means something else.
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