provide for sth
— phrasal verb with provide uk/prəˈvaɪd/us/prəˈvaɪd/verb
C2 to make plans in order to deal with a possible event in the future:
We must provide for depreciation when calculating the costs.
formal If a law or agreement provides for something, it allows it to happen or exist:
Current legislation provides for the detention of those suspected of terrorism.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Planning, expecting and arranging
- accidentally
- accidentally on purpose idiom
- advertent
- advisedly
- aim
- aim at sth
- calculate
- chart
- engineer
- I might have known idiom
- in the pipeline idiom
- intend
- intent
- intention
- promise
- scheme
- scientific
- see sth coming idiom
- set sth up
- strategic
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Allowing and permitting