Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of provide
nounproviding (plural providings)
plural providings
- Something provided; a provision.
[…] the neglect of domestic duties, on the part of many wives, is, no doubt, attributable to the slovenly tenements, and inadequate providings, and careless neglect of the husbands.
1869, Justin Dewey Fulton, The true woman, page 108
adjective
Synonyms & antonyms
conjunctionSynonym of provided
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with providing
ridingdecidinghidingslidingguidingdividingsidingpresidingglidingoverridingabidingparaglidingcollidingcoincidingstridingbidingsubsidingbackslidingconfidingchidingderidingjoyridingblindsidingnondividing
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providing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/providing
MLA
“providing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/providing. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “providing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/providing.
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