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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•vid•ing /prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/USA pronunciation conj. - provided:You can stay, providing you help.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•vid•ing (prə vī′ding),USA pronunciation conj. - Pronounson the condition or understanding (that);
provided:He can stay here providing he works.
- late Middle English provydyng. See provide, -ing2 1375–1425
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: providing /prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/, provided conj - (subordinating) sometimes followed by that: on the condition or understanding (that): I'll play, providing you pay me
pro•vide /prəˈvaɪd/USA pronunciation v., -vid•ed, -vid•ing. - to make available;
furnish: [~ + object + for + object]to provide benefits for employees.[~ + object (+ with) + object]to provide employees (with) benefits. - to supply or equip: [~ + object + with + object]to provide the army with tanks.[~ + object + for + object]to provide tanks for the army.
- to supply means of support:[~ + for + object]They worked hard to provide for their children.
- to yield:[~ + object]This tree provides shelter.
- Law to stipulate, as by a provision:[~ + that clause]The contract provides that the writer will receive an additional payment if his book is made into a movie.
- to take measures in preparation for something:[no object]You must provide for winter in this harsh climate.
pro•vid•er, n. [countable]See -vide-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024pro•vide (prə vīd′),USA pronunciation v., -vid•ed, -vid•ing. v.t. - to make available;
furnish:to provide employees with various benefits. - to supply or equip:to provide the army with new fighter planes.
- to afford or yield.
- Lawto arrange for or stipulate beforehand, as by a provision or proviso.
- [Archaic.]to prepare or procure beforehand.
v.i. - to take measures with due foresight (usually fol. by for or against).
- to make arrangements for supplying means of support, money, etc. (usually fol. by for):He provided for his children in his will.
- to supply means of support (often fol. by for):to provide for oneself.
- Latin prōvidēre to foresee, look after, provide for, equivalent. to prō- pro-1 + vidēre to see
- late Middle English providen 1375–1425
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged give, render.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged produce.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: provide /prəˈvaɪd/ vb (mainly tr)- to put at the disposal of; furnish or supply
- to afford; yield: this meeting provides an opportunity to talk
- (intr; often followed by for or against) to take careful precautions (over): he provided against financial ruin by wise investment
- (intransitive) followed by for: to supply means of support (to), esp financially: he provides for his family
- to confer and induct into ecclesiastical offices
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin prōvidēre to provide for, from prō- beforehand + vidēre to seeproˈvider n |