provide // verb [+ obj]

1 provide sb (with sth) | provide sth (for sb)

to give sth to sb or make it available for them to use:

Your website should provide the information that customers need.

The bank has provided the company with a three-year loan.

The enterprise has provided jobs for more than 1 000 people.

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SYN SUPPLY

2 (Law ) provide that

(about a law or rule) to state that sth will or must happen:

The final section provides that any work produced for the company is thereafter owned by the company.

SYN STIPULATE ⇨ PROVISION

PHRASAL VERBS

provide against sth (formal)

to make preparations to deal with sth bad or unpleasant that might happen in the future:

You can take out insurance to provide against loss of income through sickness or accident.

provide for sth

1

to prepare to deal with sth that is going to happen or that might happen in the future, especially sth bad or unpleasant:

You should start saving now to provide for your retirement.

This was a contingency

(= an event) we had not provided for.

2 (Law )

(about a law, rule, etc.) to make it possible for sth to be done:

The agreement will provide for a possible extension of at least two years.

3 (Law )

(about a law, rule, etc.) to state that sth will or must happen:

The regulations provide for the keeping of records by persons who import goods for sale.

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