How to spell provide

hear itpro·vide/prə'vaɪd/verbLong vowels

What it means: give something useful or necessary to

In a sentence: The clouds provide shade on a sunny day.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as provied or proviede.

Same family: provides, provided, providing, provision, provider. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Provide” comes from Latin *providere*, meaning “to foresee” or “to look ahead,” built from *pro-* (“before”) and *videre* (“to see”). That’s why providing something often implies planning or preparing in advance.

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