providing

1. give something useful or necessary toExamples: "We provided the room with an electrical heater"Synonyms: furnish, provide, render, supply

2. give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenanceExamples: "The hostess provided lunch for all the guests"Synonyms: cater, ply, provide, supply

3. determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies), especially by including a proviso condition or stipulationExamples: "The will provides that each child should receive half of the money"; "The Constitution provides for the right to free speech"Synonyms: provide

4. mount or put upExamples: "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"Synonyms: offer, provide, put up

5. make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remainExamples: "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"Synonyms: allow, allow for, leave, provide

6. supply means of subsistence; earn a livingExamples: "He provides for his large family by working three jobs"; "Women nowadays not only take care of the household but also bring home the bacon"Synonyms: bring home the bacon, provide