provide

Meanings

• give something useful or necessary to
  • "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
• give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
  • "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"
• determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
  • "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"
  • "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"
• mount or put up
• make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
  • "This procedure provides for lots of leeway"
• supply means of subsistence; earn a living
  • "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"
• take measures in preparation for
  • "provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship"

Synonyms

allow, allow for, bring home the bacon, cater, furnish, leave, offer, ply, put up, render, supply