PROVIDE Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

provide

verb

prə-ˈvīd

as in to give

to put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption this luxury hotel provides all the comforts of home to well-heeled vacationers

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Recent Examples of provide The three and a half years before then offer opportunities to provide additional safety measures that would improve prospects. —

Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 26 Jan. 2025 The Port Authority will provide $200,000 in matching funding, according to the city board resolution, which was approved as part of the consent agenda on Tuesday. —

Joseph Flaherty, arkansasonline.com, 26 Jan. 2025 The changes would allow new tobacco retailers within 1,000 feet of existing stores, provided the shops devoted 5% or less of the overall shelf space to tobacco products, and at least 10% of the shelf space to food items. —

Annika Merrilees, Sacramento Bee, 25 Jan. 2025 As a group, HQ Portfolio stocks provided better returns with less risk versus the benchmark index; less of a roller-coaster ride as evident in HQ Portfolio performance metrics. —

Trefis Team, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for provide

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As the organization travelled with the evidentiary trove of Caesar’s photographs, Mazen gave it a human face.

— Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2025
Acquiring Plum gives a veteran guard to the Sparks young core of Rickea Jackson and Cameron Brink and reunites her with her former Aces teammate Dearica Hamby.

— Doug Feinberg, Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2025