{
    "term": "provide",
    "partOfSpeech": "verb",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "verbForms": {
        "presentSimple": {
            "iYouWeThey": "provide",
            "heSheIt": "provides"
        },
        "pastSimple": "provided",
        "pastParticiple": "provided",
        "ingForm": "providing"
    },
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to give something to somebody or make it available for them to use",
            "sensetop": "provide somethingprovide something for somebodyprovide somebody with somethingprovide something to somebody",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Please **provide** the following **information**.",
                    "contextForm": "provide something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition **provides an opportunity** for local artists to show their work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She did not **provide any evidence** to substantiate the claims."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hospital has a commitment to provide the best possible medical care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please answer questions in the space provided."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Refreshments will be provided."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are here to **provide a service** for the public.",
                    "contextForm": "provide something for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are here to provide the public with a service.",
                    "contextForm": "provide somebody with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He provided us with a lot of useful information."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We **provide** financial **support** to low-income families.",
                    "contextForm": "provide something to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rules should provide consumers with a high level of protection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report was not expected to provide any answers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The agency provides legal services to farmers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The grants were intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organization provides food and shelter for refugees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charity provides sporting activities for disabled children."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a buffet dinner, kindly provided by club members"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The article fails to provide any insight into how these trends are likely to develop."
                }
            ],
            "synonyms": "supply",
            "collocations": {
                "adverb": ["kindly", "free", "free of charge"],
                "verb + provide": ["be able to", "can", "aim to"],
                "preposition": ["for", "to", "with"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to state that something will or must happen",
            "sensetop": "provide that…",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The final section provides that any work produced for the company is thereafter owned by the company."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/provide/provide__gb_2.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdz/",
                "audio": "pr/provide/provides__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/provide/provided__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/provide/providing__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/provide/provide__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdz/",
                "audio": "pr/provide/provides__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdɪd/",
                "audio": "pr/provide/provided__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/",
                "audio": "pr/provide/providing__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (also in the sense ‘prepare to do, get ready’): from Latin providere ‘foresee, attend to’, from pro- ‘before’ + videre ‘to see’."
}