provide

provide or furnish with

• “We provided the room with an electrical heater”

provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance

• “The hostess provided lunch for all the guests”

determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation

• “The will provides that each child should receive half of the money”
• “The Constitution provides for the right to free speech”

mount or put up

• “put up a good fight”
• “offer resistance”

make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain

• “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”

supply means of subsistence; earn a living

• “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”

take measures in preparation for

• “provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship”