Meaning & use
provide
To give someone what they need or want, especially food, money, shelter, or information.
See it in a sentence
The charity provides warm meals and blankets to homeless families every winter.
The manual provides step-by-step instructions for assembling the furniture.
A note on using this word
Provide is usually followed by with when the receiver is the object, as in provide someone with information, or by for, as in provide for a family.
Words with a similar meaning
supplyfurnish
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Words with an opposite meaning
withhold
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