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| Main Entry: | provide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | supply, support |
| Synonyms: | accommodate, add, administer, afford, arrange, bestow, bring, care, cater, contribute, dispense, equip, favor, feather*, feed, fit, fix up, furnish, give, grant, hand over, heel*, impart, implement, indulge, keep, lend, line, maintain, minister, outfit, prepare, present, procure, produce, proffer, provision, ration, ready, render, replenish, serve, stake, stock, store, sustain, transfer, turn out, yield, fit out, fix up with, look after, stock up, take care of |
| Antonyms: | deprive, remove, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | provide |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | determine, specify |
| Synonyms: | condition, postulate, require, state, stipulate, lay down |
| Main Entry: | accommodate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | perform service |
| Synonyms: | afford, aid, arrange, assist, avail, benefit, bow, comfort, convenience, defer, favor, furnish, gratify, help, humor, indulge, oblige, pamper, please, provide, serve, settle, submit, suit, supply, support, sustain, yield |
| Antonyms: | bar, block, frustrate, hinder, impede, limit, obstruct, prevent, stop |
| Main Entry: | administer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dispense something needed |
| Synonyms: | apply, apportion, authorize, bring, contribute, deal, deliver, disburse, distribute, dole out, execute, extend, furnish, give, impose, inflict, issue, offer, perform, portion, proffer, provide, regulate, serve, supply, tender, measure out, mete out |
| Antonyms: | deny, frustrate, refuse, withhold |
| Main Entry: | advance |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give money beforehand |
| Synonyms: | furnish, lend, loan, pay, provide |
| Notes: | advance means 'steady progress' and stresses effective assisting in hastening a process or bringing about a desired end, while advancement suggests progression that is bigger, more, or beyond normal |
| Main Entry: | afford |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give, produce |
| Synonyms: | bestow, furnish, grant, impart, offer, provide, render, supply, yield |
| Antonyms: | take away |
| Main Entry: | allow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set aside |
| Synonyms: | allocate, allot, apportion, assign, deduct, give, grant, lot, mete, provide, remit, spare, admeasure |
| Antonyms: | hold, keep |
| Main Entry: | appoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | furnish |
| Synonyms: | arm, equip, fit, gear, outfit, provide, rig, supply, turn out, fit out |
| Antonyms: | not give, unfurnish |
| Main Entry: | arm |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | equip with weapon or power |
| Synonyms: | appoint, array, deck, equalize, fortify, furnish, gear, gird, guard, heel*, issue, load, mobilize, outfit, pack, prepare, prime, protect, provide, rig, strengthen, supply, accouter, heel up, load up, lug iron, make ready, pack a rod, rod up, tote |
| Antonyms: | disarm |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | arrange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make plans, often involving agreement |
| Synonyms: | adapt, adjust, agree to, blueprint, chart, compromise, concert, construct, contrive, decide, design, determine, devise, direct, draft, establish, frame*, harmonize, iron out*, lay out, manage, negotiate, organize, prepare, project, promote, provide, resolve, schedule, scheme, settle, tailor, work out, come to terms, get act together, get ready, hammer out a deal, line up, make a connection, make ready, map out, pull a wire, pull things together, quarterback, set stage, shape up, work out a deal |
| Antonyms: | disorganize, not plan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bear |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give birth |
| Synonyms: | beget, breed, create, develop, engender, form, fructify, generate, invent, make, produce, propagate, provide, reproduce, yield, be delivered of, bring forth, parturitate |
| Antonyms: | be unproductive |
| Main Entry: | bless |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | grant, bestow |
| Synonyms: | celebrate, endow, favor, give, glorify, grace, laud, magnify, praise, provide |
| Antonyms: | deny, disallow, disapprove, refuse, veto |
| Main Entry: | come up with |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suggest, create |
| Synonyms: | advance, compose, detect, discover, find, furnish, invent, offer, originate, present, produce, propose, provide, recommend, submit, uncover, bring forth, stumble upon |
| Main Entry: | confer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | giving honor, award |
| Synonyms: | accord, allot, award, bestow, donate, give, grant, present, provide, vouchsafe, gift with, lay on, sweeten the kitty |
| Antonyms: | dishonor, taking |
| Main Entry: | deliver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | discharge, give forth |
| Synonyms: | bear, birth, born, dispense, feed, find, hand, hand over, produce, provide, release, supply, turn over, accouch |
| Main Entry: | donate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a gift of |
| Synonyms: | accord, ante up, award, bequeath, bestow, chip in*, confer, contribute, devote, do one's part, dole out*, feed the kitty, get in the act, get it up, give, give away, grant, hand out, lay on, pass the hat, present, provide, subscribe, sweeten the pot |
| Antonyms: | keep, renege |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | endow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give large gift |
| Synonyms: | accord, award, back, bequeath, bestow, confer, contribute, donate, empower, enable, enhance, enrich, establish, favor, finance, found, fund, furnish, grant, heighten, invest, leave, organize, promote, provide, sponsor, subscribe, subsidize, supply, support, will, come through with, endue, lay on, make over*, settle on, vest in |
| Antonyms: | receive, take |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ensure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | guarantee; make secure |
| Synonyms: | arrange, assure, certify, cinch, clinch, confirm, effect, establish, guard, insure, nail down*, okay, protect, provide, safeguard, secure, warrant, lock on, lock up, make certain, make safe, make sure, put on ice, set out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | equip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make ready with supplies |
| Synonyms: | adorn, appoint, arm, array, attire, deck, decorate, dress, endow, fix up, furnish, gear, heel*, implement, man, outfit, prepare, provide, qualify, ready, rig, set up, stake, stock, supply, turn out, accouter, deck out, feather nest, fit out, gear up, line nest, prep |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | establish |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | set up, organize |
| Synonyms: | authorize, base, build, constitute, create, decree, enact, endow, ensconce, entrench, erect, fix, form, found, ground, implant, inaugurate, inculcate, install, institute, land, live, lodge, moor, originate, place, plant, practice, provide, put, root, secure, settle, stabilize, start, station, stick, domiciliate, lay foundation, ring in, rivet, set down, start ball rolling |
| Antonyms: | destroy, invalidate, ruin, unsettle, disestablish |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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