provide has definitions from the field of military
1
[ verb ] provide or furnish with

Synonyms

supply furnish render

Examples

"We provided the room with an electrical heater" "render assistance"

Used in print

(The Atlanta Constitution...)

It urged that the next Legislature `` provide enabling funds and re-set the effective date so_that an orderly implementation of the law may be effected '' .

It says that `` in the event Congress does provide this increase in federal funds '' , the State_Board_of_Education should be directed to `` give priority '' to teacher pay raises .

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

He told the committee the measure would merely provide means of enforcing the escheat law which has been on_the_books `` since Texas was a republic '' .

The bill is designed to provide special schooling for more deaf students in the scholastic age at a reduced cost to the state .

Cotten construed this as a veiled effort by Parkhouse to help Dallas and other large cities get money which Cotten felt could better be spent providing water for rural Texas .

2
[ verb ] provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or sustenance

Synonyms

cater supply ply

Examples

"The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"

Used in print

(The Rev. John A. O'Brien, "Let's Take Birth Control...)

In New_York_City in 1958 , the city 's Commissioner of Hospitals refused to permit a physician to provide a Protestant mother with a contraceptive_device .

Family_planning is encouraged , so that parents will be able to provide properly for their offspring .

This means that such factors as the health of the parents , particularly the mother , their ability to provide their children with the necessities of life , the degree of population density of a country and the shortage of housing facilities may legitimately be taken into consideration in determining the number of offspring .

The Church considers this to be the method provided by nature and its divine Author : It involves no frustration of nature 's laws , but simply an intelligent and disciplined use of them .

Moreover , man may_not supplant or frustrate the physical arrangements established by God , who through the law of rhythm has provided a natural method for the control of conception .

3
[ verb ] determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), esp. by including a proviso condition

Examples

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

Used in print

(Orlin J. Scoville, Part-Time Farming...)

Part-time farming gives a measure of security if the regular job is lost , provided the farm is owned free_of debt and furnishes enough income to meet fixed expenses and minimum living costs .

(Dan McLachlan, Jr., "Communication Networks and...)

The completeness of the connections provide that , for N people , there are * * f lines of communication between the pairs , which can become a large_number ( 1225 ) for a party of fifty guests .

(Statements 87th Congress, 1st Session. Appropriations,...)

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums , to remain available until expended , as may be necessary , but not more_than $ 75000000 in_all , ( a ) to carry_out the provisions of_this Act during the fiscal_years 1962 to 1967 , inclusive ; ( b ) to finance , for not more_than two years beyond the end of said period , such grants , contracts , cooperative agreements , and studies as may theretofore have been undertaken pursuant to this Act ; and ( c ) to finance , for not more_than three years beyond the end of said period , such activities as are required to correlate , coordinate , and round_out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act : Provided , That funds available in any one year for research and development may , subject_to the approval of the Secretary_of_State to assure that such activities are consistent with the foreign_policy objectives of the United_States , be expended in_cooperation_with public or private agencies in foreign countries in the development of processes useful to the program in the United_States : And provided further , That every such contract or agreement made with any public or private agency in a foreign country shall contain provisions effective to insure that the results or information developed in connection therewith shall be available without cost to the United_States for the use of the United_States throughout the world and for the use of the general public within the United_States .

There are authorized to be appropriated such sums , to remain available until expended , as may be necessary , but not more_than $ 75000000 in_all , ( a ) to carry_out the provisions of_this Act during the fiscal_years 1962 to 1967 , inclusive ; ( b ) to finance , for not more_than two years beyond the end of said period , such grants , contracts , cooperative agreements , and studies as may theretofore have been undertaken pursuant to this Act ; and ( c ) to finance , for not more_than three years beyond the end of said period , such activities as are required to correlate , coordinate , and round_out the results of studies and research undertaken pursuant to this Act : Provided , That funds available in any one year for research and development may , subject_to the approval of the Secretary_of_State to assure that such activities are consistent with the foreign_policy objectives of the United_States , be expended in_cooperation_with public or private agencies in foreign countries in the development of processes useful to the program in the United_States : And provided further , That every such contract or agreement made with any public or private agency in a foreign country shall contain provisions effective to insure that the results or information developed in connection therewith shall be available without cost to the United_States for the use of the United_States throughout the world and for the use of the general public within the United_States .

Be it enacted by the Senate and House_of_Representatives of the United_States_of_America in Congress assembled , That the Secretary_of_the_Interior is hereby authorized and directed to establish and maintain a program of stabilization payments to small domestic producers of lead and zinc ores and concentrates in_order to stabilize the mining of lead and zinc by small domestic producers on public , Indian , and other lands as provided in_this Act .

Related terms

stipulate provision

4
[ verb ] (military) mount or put up

Synonyms

put_up offer

Examples

"put up a good fight" "offer resistance"

Used in print

(The Detroit News,...)

Another evidence of the spreading rule of reason was provided from Mexico_City with the daily hijacking of an American_plane by a demented Algerian with a gun .

(The Nation, 193: 16...)

One cannot but wonder whether these doubts about the success of Khrushchev 's agricultural policy have not at_least something to do with one of the big surprises provided by this Congress - the obsessive harping on the crimes and misdeeds of the `` anti-party group '' - Molotov , Malenkov , Kaganovich and_others - including the eighty-year-old Marshal_Voroshilov .

Related terms

engage

5
[ verb ] supply means of subsistence; earn a living

Examples

"He provides for his large family by working three jobs" "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon"

Related terms

support provision

6
[ verb ] make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

Examples

"This leaves no room for improvement" "The evidence allows only one conclusion" "allow for mistakes" "leave lots of time for the trip"

Related terms

yield admit

7
[ verb ] take measures in preparation for

Examples

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

Related terms

prepare

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