providing
providing Lexical Profile
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• verb
To make available for use; to supply or equip someone with something needed or wanted (present participle of provide).
"The university is providing all incoming students with free access to digital research archives."
To make adequate preparation for a possible future event or supply the means of subsistence (usually followed by 'for' or 'against').
"She worked two jobs for years while providing for her three young children."
To stipulate or specify as a condition in a law, treaty, or contract (present participle of provide).
"The committee drafted a new clause providing that all board meetings be open to the public."
• conjunction
On the condition or understanding that; if (often followed by 'that').
"We can hold the reception outdoors in the courtyard, providing the weather remains clear and warm."
• noun
The act or process of supplying, furnishing, or making something available for use.
"The timely providing of clean drinking water was the relief agency's highest priority after the storm."
Word Nuance & Usage
As a conjunction, 'providing' and 'provided' are largely interchangeable in everyday use, though some formal style guides prefer 'provided' (or simply 'if') in strict academic and legal prose.
• Rhymes for providing
Word Origin & Etymology
Formed from the present participle of 'provide', which comes from Latin 'providere', meaning 'to foresee, look ahead, or prepare' (combining 'pro-' meaning 'before' and 'videre' meaning 'to see'). The conditional conjunction sense developed in the 15th century from legal clauses stipulating terms before an agreement took effect.