English Dictionary
◊ PROVIDE
provide
v 1: provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an
electrical heater" [syn: {supply}, {render}, {furnish}]
2: provide what is desired or needed, esp. support, food or
sustenance; "The hostess provided lunch for all the
guests" [syn: {supply}, {ply}, {cater}]
3: determine (what is to happen in certain contingencies),
esp. by including a proviso condition; "The will provides
that each child should receive half of the money"
4: mount or put up; "put up a good fight"; "offer resistance"
[syn: {put up}, {offer}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN PROFILE?
PROFILE
Simple language for matching and scoring data. "User's Manual
for the PROFILE System", Cambridge Computer Assoc (May 1974).
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