to provide

Examples

• All

• Protestants would be permitted their own places of worship, provided they returned the occupied churches to the Catholics.

  Academic text (1999)

• The remainder of this section provides an analytic structure that resolves some of that ambiguity.

  Academic text (1990)

• We have to provide a direction for the force.

• The buyer has to provide their legal name and their address.

• The US experience is too specific to US regulatory history to provide much positive guidance to Germany.

  Academic text (1990)

• Simply, the agreement provided a basis for a potential reduction of tensions in the Korean Peninsula.

  Academic text (1999)

• No matter what my decision here today, it is up to the department of corrections to provide for the future welfare and safety of this child.

  Love Child (1982)

• [Annoucer] No other savings plan provides for all four possibilities.

  The Inconsiderables: Last Exit Out of Hollywood (2020)

• The contract will provide that the tenant must pay rent on the first day of each month.

• The new guidelines will provide that employees are entitled to two weeks of paid vacation.

Synonyms

R

to require

vsto provide

∞ 1.1

Need something because a rule or situation makes it necessary

specifies conditional outcomes rather than imposing necessity

S

to specify

vsto provide

118 3.5

To give clear, exact details about something

adds a contingency or legal focus rather than a general exact statement

S

to stipulate

vsto provide

• Formal

37 7.2

Say clearly and officially that something must happen in an agreement

emphasizes what should happen under particular contingencies

C

to condition

vsto provide

• Formal

19 5.6

To make something depend on a stated rule or requirement

focuses on what will occur in specific contingency situations

Antonyms

O

to omit

66 3.4

Leave out something, for example a name, on purpose or by accident

Phrasal Verbs

P

to provide for

155 3.7

Make plans to meet someone's needs in the future

P

to provide insight into

12 3.9

Help people understand a topic more clearly

P

to provide aid

5 2.9

To give help to people and countries in need

Surface Forms

Etymology