Collocations for provide - verb
ADVERB
kindly
a buffet dinner, kindly provided by club members
a buffet dinner, kindly provided by club members
free,
free of charge
Careers advice is provided free of charge.
Careers advice is provided free of charge.
VERB + provide
be able to,
can
aim to, seek to, try to
We try to provide the best possible medical care.
aim to, seek to, try to
We try to provide the best possible medical care.
fail to
be designed to, be intended to
The grants were intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers.
be designed to, be intended to
The grants were intended to provide financial help to unemployed workers.
be expected to
The report was not expected to provide any answers.
The report was not expected to provide any answers.
be likely to,
be unlikely to
PREPOSITION
for
The organization provides food and shelter for refugees.
The organization provides food and shelter for refugees.
to
The agency provides legal services to farmers.
The agency provides legal services to farmers.
with
He provided us with a lot of useful information.
He provided us with a lot of useful information.
Provide is used with these nouns as the subject:
article, chapter, clinic, constitution, council, design, district, essay, finding, hotel, institute, manual, nature, page, program, programme, record, report, result, rule, satellite, scheme, study, system, text, tree, website, writing
article, chapter, clinic, constitution, council, design, district, essay, finding, hotel, institute, manual, nature, page, program, programme, record, report, result, rule, satellite, scheme, study, system, text, tree, website, writing
Provide is used with these nouns as the object:
abundance, access, accommodation, accompaniment, account, advice, aid, alibi, alternative, amenity, amusement, answer, antidote, approximation, arena, array, assessment, assistance, assurance, atmosphere, avenue, backdrop, background, backing, base, basis, benefit, bibliography, blueprint, boost, breakdown, buffer, camouflage, capital, care, challenge, chance, check, checklist, clarity, closure, clue, coherence, commentary, companionship, company, compensation, competition, condom, confirmation, consent, consistency, consolation, consultation, consumer, contact, content, context, continuity, contraception, contrast, convenience, coordination, counsel, counselling, cover, coverage, crèche, credibility, credit, critique, cue, cure, data, definition, demonstration, depth, description, detail, deterrent, diagnosis, dimension, direction, distraction, diversion, education, efficiency, electricity, employment, encouragement, energy, enjoyment, entertainment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escape, escort, essentials, estimate, evidence, example, excerpt, excuse, exemption, experience, expertise, explanation, exposure, facility, feast, feedback, finale, finance, finish, flavour, flexibility, flow, focal point, focus, foil, food, foothold, footing, force, forecast, formula, forum, foundation, framework, freedom, fuel, fulfilment, fund, funding, glimpse, goods, grant, grounding, groundwork, guarantee, guidance, guide, guideline, habitat, hardware, haven, heat, heating, help, hope, hospitality, housing, identification, illumination, illusion, illustration, imagery, immunity, impediment, impetus, impression, improvement, incentive, income, index, indication, indicator, inducement, information, ingredient, injection, input, insight, inspiration, instance, instruction, insurance, intelligence, introduction, job, justification, leadership, lesson, lever, leverage, lifeline, light, lighting, link, livelihood, living, loan, look, maintenance, management, manpower, margin, means, measure, mechanism, ministry, model, momentum, money, motivation, motive, music, narrative, nourishment, nutrition, opening, opportunity, option, outlet, outline, overview, package, parallel, password, pension, perspective, physiotherapy, pleasure, point, pointer, portrayal, power, precedent, pretext, proof, protection, quotation, range, ration, reading, reason, reassurance, receipt, recommendation, reconnaissance, record, recruit, reference, reflection, refreshment, refuge, refund, reinforcement, relief, remedy, reminder, report, representation, reprieve, reproduction, research, resolution, resource, respite, result, return, review, reward, role, safeguard, sample, sanctuary, satisfaction, scope, seating, security, sense, service, session, setting, shade, shelter, shield, short cut, snack, solace, solution, soundtrack, source, space, spark, specification, specimen, spur, stability, standard, starting point, statistics, stimulation, stimulus, storage, subsidy, substitute, suggestion, summary, supervision, supplement, supply, support, taste, test, testimony, text, tip, tool, training, translation, transport, transportation, treatment, troops, tuition, turning point, tutorial, understanding, update, value, ventilation, venue, verification, view, viewpoint, visibility, vitamin, volunteer, voucher, warmth, warning, warranty, wealth, yardstick
abundance, access, accommodation, accompaniment, account, advice, aid, alibi, alternative, amenity, amusement, answer, antidote, approximation, arena, array, assessment, assistance, assurance, atmosphere, avenue, backdrop, background, backing, base, basis, benefit, bibliography, blueprint, boost, breakdown, buffer, camouflage, capital, care, challenge, chance, check, checklist, clarity, closure, clue, coherence, commentary, companionship, company, compensation, competition, condom, confirmation, consent, consistency, consolation, consultation, consumer, contact, content, context, continuity, contraception, contrast, convenience, coordination, counsel, counselling, cover, coverage, crèche, credibility, credit, critique, cue, cure, data, definition, demonstration, depth, description, detail, deterrent, diagnosis, dimension, direction, distraction, diversion, education, efficiency, electricity, employment, encouragement, energy, enjoyment, entertainment, environment, equipment, equivalent, escape, escort, essentials, estimate, evidence, example, excerpt, excuse, exemption, experience, expertise, explanation, exposure, facility, feast, feedback, finale, finance, finish, flavour, flexibility, flow, focal point, focus, foil, food, foothold, footing, force, forecast, formula, forum, foundation, framework, freedom, fuel, fulfilment, fund, funding, glimpse, goods, grant, grounding, groundwork, guarantee, guidance, guide, guideline, habitat, hardware, haven, heat, heating, help, hope, hospitality, housing, identification, illumination, illusion, illustration, imagery, immunity, impediment, impetus, impression, improvement, incentive, income, index, indication, indicator, inducement, information, ingredient, injection, input, insight, inspiration, instance, instruction, insurance, intelligence, introduction, job, justification, leadership, lesson, lever, leverage, lifeline, light, lighting, link, livelihood, living, loan, look, maintenance, management, manpower, margin, means, measure, mechanism, ministry, model, momentum, money, motivation, motive, music, narrative, nourishment, nutrition, opening, opportunity, option, outlet, outline, overview, package, parallel, password, pension, perspective, physiotherapy, pleasure, point, pointer, portrayal, power, precedent, pretext, proof, protection, quotation, range, ration, reading, reason, reassurance, receipt, recommendation, reconnaissance, record, recruit, reference, reflection, refreshment, refuge, refund, reinforcement, relief, remedy, reminder, report, representation, reprieve, reproduction, research, resolution, resource, respite, result, return, review, reward, role, safeguard, sample, sanctuary, satisfaction, scope, seating, security, sense, service, session, setting, shade, shelter, shield, short cut, snack, solace, solution, soundtrack, source, space, spark, specification, specimen, spur, stability, standard, starting point, statistics, stimulation, stimulus, storage, subsidy, substitute, suggestion, summary, supervision, supplement, supply, support, taste, test, testimony, text, tip, tool, training, translation, transport, transportation, treatment, troops, tuition, turning point, tutorial, understanding, update, value, ventilation, venue, verification, view, viewpoint, visibility, vitamin, volunteer, voucher, warmth, warning, warranty, wealth, yardstick