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{
"term": "provide",
"partOfSpeech": "verb",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"verbForms": {
"presentSimple": {
"iYouWeThey": "provide",
"heSheIt": "provides"
},
"pastSimple": "provided",
"pastParticiple": "provided",
"ingForm": "providing"
},
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to give something to somebody or make it available for them to use",
"sensetop": "provide somethingprovide something for somebodyprovide somebody with somethingprovide something to somebody",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Please **provide** the following **information**.",
"contextForm": "provide something"
},
{
"text": "The exhibition **provides an opportunity** for local artists to show their work."
},
{
"text": "She did not **provide any evidence** to substantiate the claims."
},
{
"text": "The hospital has a commitment to provide the best possible medical care."
},
{
"text": "Please answer questions in the space provided."
},
{
"text": "Refreshments will be provided."
},
{
"text": "We are here to **provide a service** for the public.",
"contextForm": "provide something for somebody"
},
{
"text": "We are here to provide the public with a service.",
"contextForm": "provide somebody with something"
},
{
"text": "He provided us with a lot of useful information."
},
{
"text": "We **provide** financial **support** to low-income families.",
"contextForm": "provide something to somebody"
},
{
"text": "The rules should provide consumers with a high level of protection."
},
{
"text": "The report was not expected to provide any answers."
},
{
"text": "The agency provides legal services to farmers."
},
{
"text": "The grants were intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers."
},
{
"text": "The organization provides food and shelter for refugees."
},
{
"text": "The charity provides sporting activities for disabled children."
},
{
"text": "a buffet dinner, kindly provided by club members"
},
{
"text": "The article fails to provide any insight into how these trends are likely to develop."
}
],
"synonyms": "supply",
"collocations": {
"adverb": ["kindly", "free", "free of charge"],
"verb + provide": ["be able to", "can", "aim to"],
"preposition": ["for", "to", "with"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to state that something will or must happen",
"sensetop": "provide that…",
"labels": "(formal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The final section provides that any work produced for the company is thereafter owned by the company."
}
],
"topics": ["Permission and obligation"]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪd/",
"audio": "pr/provide/provide__gb_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdz/",
"audio": "pr/provide/provides__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdɪd/",
"audio": "pr/provide/provided__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/provide/providing__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪd/",
"audio": "pr/provide/provide__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdz/",
"audio": "pr/provide/provides__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdɪd/",
"audio": "pr/provide/provided__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/",
"audio": "pr/provide/providing__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the sense ‘prepare to do, get ready’): from Latin providere ‘foresee, attend to’, from pro- ‘before’ + videre ‘to see’."
}