provide

/prəˈvaɪd/

to supply or make available

The company will provide training for new employees.

The company will supply training for new employees.

general

to supply or make something available to someone

The restaurant provides excellent service.

The restaurant supplies excellent service.

This app provides useful tools for productivity.

This app supplies useful tools for productivity.

Often used with 'with' to specify what is being provided.

Collocations

provide withto give someone something they needprovide forto make arrangements for someone's needs

to make arrangements for someone's needs

to give someone something they need

Remember common collocations like 'provide with' and 'provide for'.

Use 'provide' in both formal and informal contexts, but it's more common in formal settings.

From Middle English providen, from Old French prover, from Latin providere 'foresee, provide for'

Can be used in both formal and informal contexts. Often used in business, customer service, and legal contexts.

pro-

forward, in favor of

prefix

-vide

to see, to look

root

-re

to do, to make

suffix

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