providing
conjunction
[ prəˈvʌɪdɪŋ ]
• on the condition or understanding that.
• "we have the team which can win the league, providing we avoid bad injuries"
Similar:
if,
on condition that,
provided (that),
providing that,
presuming (that),
assuming (that),
on the assumption that,
as long as,
given (that),
with/on the understanding that,
if and only if,
contingent on,
in the event that,
allowing that,
provide
verb
• make available for use; supply.
• "these clubs provide a much appreciated service for this area"
Similar:
supply,
give,
issue,
furnish,
lay out,
come up with,
dispense,
bestow,
impart,
produce,
yield,
bring forth,
bear,
deliver,
donate,
contribute,
pledge,
advance,
spare,
part with,
allocate,
distribute,
allot,
assign,
put forward,
put up,
proffer,
present,
extend,
render,
fork out,
ante up,
pony up,
• make adequate preparation for (a possible event).
• "new qualifications must provide for changes in technology"
Similar:
prepare,
allow,
make provision,
make preparations,
be prepared,
anticipate,
arrange,
make arrangements,
get ready,
plan,
make plans,
cater,
• stipulate in a will or other legal document.
• "the order should be varied to provide that there would be no contact with the father"
Similar:
stipulate,
lay down,
have as a condition,
make it a condition,
require,
order,
ordain,
demand,
prescribe,
state,
set out,
specify,
• appoint an incumbent to (a benefice).
Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘prepare to do, get ready’): from Latin providere ‘foresee, attend to’, from pro- ‘before’ + videre ‘to see’.
