To make a living; earn money for necessities.
It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
To act to prepare for something.
provide against disaster.
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
The contract provides that the work be well done.
Inherited from Middle English providen, from Latin prōvidēre (“to foresee, act with foresight”). Doublet of purvey.
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