provided Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb give something useful or necessary to
provide; furnish; render; supply.
- We provided the room with an electrical heater
verb give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance
provide; cater; ply; supply.
- The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
verb determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation
provide.
- The will provides that each child should receive half of the money
- The Constitution provides for the right to free speech
verb mount or put up
provide; put up; offer.
- put up a good fight
- offer resistance
verb make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain
leave; provide; allow for; allow.
- This leaves no room for improvement
- The evidence allows only one conclusion
- allow for mistakes
- leave lots of time for the trip
- This procedure provides for lots of leeway
verb supply means of subsistence; earn a living
provide; bring home the bacon.
- He provides for his large family by working three jobs
- Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon
verb take measures in preparation for
provide.
- provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship

On condition; by stipulation; with the understanding; if; -- usually followed by that; as, provided that nothing in this act shall prejudice the rights of any person whatever.
Provided the deductions are logical, they seem almost indifferent to their truth. G. H. Lewes.
✍ This word is strictly a participle, and the word being is understood, the participle provided agreeing with the whole sentence absolute, and being equivalent to this condition being previously stipulated or established.