provided
Americanconjunction
adjective
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furnished or supplied for someone’s use.
Students play the video and then use the provided handout for graphing the story.
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stipulated in a regulation, law, etc..
Complaints filed past the provided term defined in section VII.2 shall not be considered.
verb
Commonly Confused
The conjunctions provided and providing are interchangeable. Both mean “on the condition or understanding that,” with that sometimes expressed: Provided (or Providing ) no further objections are raised, we will consider the matter settled.
Related Words
See if.
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of provided
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; see provide, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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When the BBC attempted to contact the company, calls to a number linked to the firm went unanswered, while an email address provided for the company bounced back.
From BBC • May 23, 2026
As he trained his ChatGPT on human emotions, the AI provided him with lines of Python code to add to his own file.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
From board games to first-person shooters, games have historically provided a structured, rules-based playground for digital algorithms to learn.
From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026
The videogame maker reported a narrower-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter loss but provided weak bookings outlook for the current fiscal year.
From Barron's • May 22, 2026
The more unsolicited information we provided, the more he might suspect something.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
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