1.provide or furnish with;
We provided the room with an electrical heater
2.provide what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance;
The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
3.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
4.mount or put up;
put up a good fight
5.make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain;
This leaves no room for improvement
6.supply means of subsistence; earn a living;
He provides for his large family by working three jobs
7.take measures in preparation for;
provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship