provide

«provide» in Mova's school dictionary: To give someone something they need or want — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (provide, provides, provided, providing)

meaning for a pupil

1) To give someone something they need or want. tree →

2) provide for: to give someone money, food and a home. tree →

3) provided (that), providing: only if. tree →

sense in the lessons

In school: "the school provides lunch", "pencils will be provided". In maths: "each box provides 6 eggs". "Provided that" sets a condition. Phrases: provide with, provide for, provided that.

examples

• The school provides free milk at break. tree →
• Paper and pencils will be provided. tree →
• Trees provide shade on hot days. tree →
• Parents work to provide for their children. tree →
• You can go out, provided you finish your homework. tree →
• Each cow provides about 20 litres of milk a day. tree →
• Can you provide an example? tree →

note

Regular verb: provided. "Provide someone with something" or "provide something for someone". "Provided" can mean "if": a trap in reading. In a maths problem "provides 6 each" means a rate: multiply by how many.

In the corpora

• He orders «the best luncheon that could be provided at so short a notice» and eats in the coffee-room.
• If you forget your lunch, tell the teacher or the office; the school can phone home or provide something to eat.
• Rice, wheat and maize together provide a large share of all the calories people eat in the world.
• God told Abraham to offer his son Isaac, then stopped him and provided a ram instead.
• And now when shall I provide for mine own house also?'

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «provide» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.