Provide Prəˈvaɪd Provided Medical Care Verb Bre Hospital

• the hospital has a commitment to provide the best possible medical care.
• the report was not expected to provide any answers.
• please answer questions in the space provided.
• we are here to provide a service for the public.

provide

1. to give something to somebody or make it available for them to use
• synonym supply
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/supply_2
• The hospital has a commitment to provide the best possible medical care.
• The report was not expected to provide any answers.
• Please answer questions in the space provided.
• We are here to provide a service for the public.
• We are here to provide the public with a service.
• The charity aims to provide assistance to people in need.
2. to state that something will or must happen
• synonym stipulate
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/stipulate
• The final section provides that any work produced for the company is thereafter owned by the company.

Extra Examples

• He provided us with a lot of useful information.
• The agency provides legal services to farmers.
• The grants were intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers.
• The organization provides food and shelter for refugees.
• We try to provide the best possible medical care.
• a buffet dinner, kindly provided by club members

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they provide
• he / she / it provides
• past simple provided
• past participle provided
• -ing form providing

Word Origin

• late Middle English (also in the sense ‘prepare to do, get ready’): from Latin providere ‘foresee, attend to’, from pro- ‘before’ + videre ‘to see’.