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provide

/pɹəˈvaɪd/ verbe A2

En français : fournir, procurer, pourvoir

  1. To make a living; earn money for necessities. · It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
  2. To act to prepare for something. · provide against disaster.
  3. To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate. · The contract provides that the work be well done.· I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.
  4. To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs. · Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.· We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.
  5. To furnish (with), cause to be present, supply.
  6. To make possible or attainable. · He provides us with an alternative option.· Plants provide (us) with the oxygen we breathe.
  7. To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor.

Pluriel provide · He/she/it provides · Prétérit provided · Participe passé provided · Forme en -ing providing

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Dans la bibliothèque

You must find your own ink, pens, and blotting-paper, but we provide this table and chair.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 13 · B2
He was himself red-headed, and he had a great sympathy for all red-headed men; so, when he died, it was found that he had left his enormous fortune in the hands of trustees, with instructions to apply the interest to the providing of easy berths to men whose hair is of that colour.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, p. 8 · B2
“For,” he said, “if you will bring me drink, I will find means to provide myself with meat.” “Yes,” said the Sheep, “if I should bring you the draught, you would doubtless make me provide the meat also.”
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 31 · B2
A JACKDAW, seeing some Doves in a cote abundantly provided with food, painted himself white and joined them in order to share their plentiful maintenance.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 69 · B2

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