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# provide

«provide» in Mova's school dictionary: **To give someone something they need or want** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (provide, provides, provided, providing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To give someone something they need or want. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#m1)

2) provide for: to give someone money, food and a home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#m2)

3) provided (that), providing: only if. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school: "the school provides lunch", "pencils will be provided". In maths: "each box provides 6 eggs". "Provided that" sets a condition. Phrases: provide with, provide for, provided that.

### examples

- The school provides free milk at break. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#x1)
- Paper and pencils will be provided. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#x2)
- Trees provide shade on hot days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#x3)
- Parents work to provide for their children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#x4)
- You can go out, provided you finish your homework. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#x5)
- Each cow provides about 20 litres of milk a day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#x6)
- Can you provide an example? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/#x7)

### note

Regular verb: provided. "Provide someone with something" or "provide something for someone". "Provided" can mean "if": a trap in reading. In a maths problem "provides 6 each" means a rate: multiply by how many.

### In the corpora

- [He orders «the best luncheon that could be provided at so short a notice» and eats in the coffee-room.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/48-willows-ch6-part4-twenty-years-in-the-dungeon/19/)
- [If you forget your lunch, tell the teacher or the office; the school can phone home or provide something to eat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/330-lunch-help-cooking-allowance-southern-seasons-jobs-festivals/6/)
- [Rice, wheat and maize together provide a large share of all the calories people eat in the world.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/26-food-and-farming-around-the-world/9/)
- [God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac, then stopped him and provided a ram instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/4-abraham-isaac-and-jacob/11/)
- [And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?'](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/GEN.919/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «provide» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/provide/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.