provide: meaning and definitions

To furnish; supply: provide food and shelter for a family.

To make available; afford: a room that provides ample sunlight through French windows.

To set down as a stipulation: an agreement that provides deadlines for completion of the work.

Archaic To make ready ahead of time; prepare.

To take measures in preparation: provided for the common defense of the states in time of war.

To supply means of subsistence: She provides for her family by working in a hospital.

To make a stipulation or condition: The Constitution provides for a bicameral legislature.