Scrabble & Words with friends points
- provides is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 14
- provides is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 14
- provides is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 16
Definition of provides
- give something useful or necessary to (verb)
Examples
- We provided the room with an electrical heater
Synonyms
- furnish
- render
- supply
- supply means of subsistence; earn a living (verb)
Examples
- He provides for his large family by working three jobs
Synonyms
- bring home the bacon
- mount or put up (verb)
Synonyms
- offer
- put up
- give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance (verb)
Examples
- The hostess provided lunch for all the guests
Synonyms
- cater
- ply
- supply
- make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain (verb)
Examples
- This procedure provides for lots of leeway
Synonyms
- allow
- allow for
- leave
- determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulation (verb)
Examples
- The will provides that each child should receive half of the money
- The Constitution provides for the right to free speech
- take measures in preparation for (verb)
Examples
- provide for the proper care of the passengers on the cruise ship
See definition of provides in Merriam Webster