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Collocations for provide - verb

ADVERB

kindly
a buffet dinner, kindly provided by club members
free, free of charge
Careers advice is provided free of charge.

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VERB + provide

be able to, can
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 expected to
The report was not expected to provide any answers.
be likely to, be unlikely to

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PREPOSITION

for
The organization provides food and shelter for refugees.
to
The agency provides legal services to farmers.
with
He provided us with a lot of useful information.

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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

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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

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