2014年3月11日 · The Spanish provided a rich supply of mercenaries for Carthage. Providence has provided Food for Animals. provide someone with something or someone is provided with something: if the entity that is provided with something appears in the sentence and is not introduced by prepositions "for" or "to", then the preferred form is "provide with":

The architect provided for (= prepared for) the possibility of storms by strengthening the abutments. If you substitute provide in the place of provide for: The architect provided the possibility of storms by strengthening the abutments. the resulting sentence is absurd: stronger abutments are somehow supposed to invoke storms.

In the first, the material provided is the object, in the second the recipient is the object. Both are valid, and both are in common use. The difference between them is the with phrase, which must be there to get meaning 2: if there is only one (direct) object, then meaning 1 is the relevant one (the to phrase is optional).

2019年3月28日 · The will provided for their upkeep. The will had a provision that set out a sum of money to do towards upkeep,of, say, properties. provide for=care for in some way provide [x] to=give or supply with no idea of "caring for" or "taking care of" as in being physically or financially responsible for. That man always provided for his family.

2015年10月11日 · Provided that means that some condition has to be met in order for something else to be true. An example might be: We will have a pleasant tour provided that the coach does not break down. Here, a pleasant tour will only be true …

2017年3月29日 · They provided him with money to buy new clothes. We can provide you with information that may help you to find a job. Be Careful! You must use with in sentences like these. Don't say, for example, 'They provided him money to buy new clothes'. 'provide for' You can also say that you provide something for someone. The animals provide food for ...

2014年4月29日 · Hi: Is there any difference between 'provided it is' and 'provided THAT it is'? Which one is used preferentially? This is the context I would like to use the expression in. As a result, the Late Latin entrenched habere instance (see …

Regarding historical usage, it seems that “provide with” started to be used around 1750. A couple of Google ngram searches provided for the date it started being used. I was tipped off by the fact that, while King James’ Bible (1611) doesn't use it as a transitive verb, newer translations do.

2014年12月29日 · Provided that is the one that's more often used as a conjunction.It means that one thing happening is dependent on another thing happening. I will come visit you provided that my car gets new tires. Provided that this project succeeds, I will get a promotion. Sometimes people drop the that and only use provided and it means the same thing.

2014年10月7日 · Hello everybody, I'd like to know if the word "provided" can be followed by the "of" in these sentences or only by "with" and if there is any difference between them. Customers will be provided of/ with all the information they need. Employees are …