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.

Law . to arrange for or stipulate beforehand, as by a provision or proviso.

Archaic . to prepare or procure beforehand.

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.

verb

deprive , remove , take

verb

accommodate , add , administer , afford , arrange , bestow , bring , care , cater , contribute , dispense , equip , favor , feather * , feed , fit , fit out , fix up , fix up with , furnish , give , grant , hand over , heel * , impart , implement , indulge , keep , lend , line , look after , maintain , minister , outfit , prepare , present , procure , produce , proffer , provision , ration , ready , render , replenish , serve , stake , stock , stock up , store , sustain , take care of , transfer , turn out , yield , condition , lay down , postulate , require , state , stipulate , extend , deliver , hand , supply , turn over , agree , covenant , endow , endue , fend , offer , purvey , support

phrasal verb

keep , maintain