Provide definition

Provide as a verb

1. give something useful or necessary to

   "We provided the room with an electrical heater"

   Same sense: offer, supply, render, furnish

2. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

   "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

   Same sense: supply, cater, ply

3. determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation

   "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"

4. mount or put up

   Same sense: put up, offer

5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

   "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"

   Same sense: leave, allow, allow for

6. supply means of subsistence; earn a living

   "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"

   Same sense: bring home the bacon

7. take measures in preparation for

   "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"

Synonyms and antonyms

• offer
• supply
• render
• furnish
• cater
• ply
• put up
• leave definition
• allow
• allow for
• bring home the bacon

How to say provide

Provide has 2 syllables and rhymes with side. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.

Words that rhyme with provide

• side
• outside
• died
• inside
• tried
• wide
• ride
• decide
• guide
• applied
• identified
• suicide

PROVIDE in word games

Scrabble

13

Words With Friends

15

Anagrams

0

Is PROVIDE a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check PROVIDE in the word checker, or unscramble PROVIDE to see the shorter words in its letters.