provides

Verb

provide (third-person singular simple present provides, present participle providing, simple past and past participle provided)

1. To make a living; earn money for necessities.
   • It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
2. To act to prepare for something.
   • provide against disaster.
3. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
   • The contract provides that the work be well done.
4. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
   • Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
5. To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
   • Rome […] was generally well provided with corn.1727, John Arbuthnot, Tables of Ancient Coins, Weights and Measures. Explain'd and exemplify'd in several dissertations

   Synonyms:

   afford, treat

6. To make possible or attainable.
   • He provides us with an alternative option.

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