provides
- 1Third-person singular simple present of provide.
The new pipeline provides fresh water to three neighboring towns.
Her contract provides for a generous severance package if the company restructures.
Note
One spelling carries every meaning of provide, and the word that follows it often tells you which one is meant. A pipeline provides water, or provides a town with water, when it simply supplies. A contract provides for severance when it stipulates a condition. A parent who provides for a family is earning what the household needs. With a plain object, it can also mean making something possible: the plan provides a way out.
provides is a form of provide
provide, verb: To supply or make available something that is needed or wanted, or to make something possible or attainable. Full entry
- Spelling
- provide → provides: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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