Synonyms: provide
Definition: take measures in preparation for
Usage: provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship
Similar words: set, set up, gear up, fix, prepare, ready
Definition: make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
Usage: Get the children ready for school!; prepare for war; I was fixing to leave town after I paid the hotel bill
Synonyms: provide
Definition: determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
Usage: The will provides that each child should receive half of the money; The Constitution provides for the right to free speech
Similar words: qualify, specify, stipulate, condition
Definition: specify as a condition or requirement in a contract or agreement; make an express demand or provision in an agreement
Usage: The will stipulates that she can live in the house for the rest of her life; The contract stipulates the dates of the payments
Synonyms: cater, supply, provide, ply
Definition: give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
Usage: The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
Similar words: give
Definition: transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
Usage: I gave her my money; can you give me lessons?; She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care
Synonyms: bring home the bacon, provide
Definition: supply means of subsistence; earn a living
Usage: He provides for his large family by working three jobs; Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon
Similar words: support
Definition: support materially or financially
Usage: he does not support his natural children; The scholarship supported me when I was in college
Synonyms: supply, render, provide, furnish
Definition: give something useful or necessary to
Usage: We provided the room with an electrical heater
Similar words: give
Definition: transfer possession of something concrete or abstract to somebody
Usage: I gave her my money; can you give me lessons?; She gave the children lots of love and tender loving care
Synonyms: offer, provide, put up
Definition: mount or put up
Usage: put up a good fight; offer resistance
Definition: carry on (wars, battles, or campaigns)
Usage: Napoleon and Hitler waged war against all of Europe
Synonyms: allow, allow for, provide, leave
Definition: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
Usage: This leaves no room for improvement; The evidence allows only one conclusion; allow for mistakes; leave lots of time for the trip; This procedure provides for lots of leeway
Similar words: yield, afford, give
Definition: be the cause or source of
Usage: He gave me a lot of trouble; Our meeting afforded much interesting information