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Kumquat(recipes)
Flambeed bananas with kumquat marmalade sauce(recipes)

provide (oh) and Kumquat (recipes)


provide (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: providere 'to see ahead, provide', from videre 'to see']
to give something to someone or make it available to them, because they need it or want it
-see also provision provision
::Tea and biscuits will be provided.
provide sth for sb
::The hotel provides a shoe-cleaning service for guests.
provide sb with sth
::The project is designed to provide young people with work.
to produce something useful as a result
::We are hoping the enquiry will provide an explanation for the accident.
provide sb with sth
::The search provided the police with several vital clues.
provide that
formal if a law or rule provides that something must happen, it states that it must happen
provide against [provide against sth] phr v
to make plans in order to deal with a bad situation that might happen
::Health insurance will provide against loss of income if you become ill.
provide for / [provide for sb/sth] phr v
to give someone the things they need to live, such as money, Food etc
::Without work, how can I provide for my children?
formal if a law, rule, or plan provides for something, it states that something will be done and makes it possible for it to be done
::The new constitution provides for a 650-seat legislature.
formal to make plans in order to deal with something that might happen in the future
::Commanders failed to provide for an attack by sea.
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GRAMMAR
Someone can provide something but they cannot 'provide someone' : Will they provide a car?
You can say that you provide someone with something or provide something for someone : He provided me with everything (NOT provided me everything) I needed. | They did not provide enough paper for everyone (NOT to everyone).
To provide for someone means to support them by giving them the things they need to live : She has to provide for her four children (NOT provide her four children).

Kumquat (recipes)


A small citrus fruit originating in central China but now cultivated in the Far East, Australia and America. Kumquats - sometimes called Chinese oranges - can be eaten whole, including the skin, or used for pickling and preserves. They' re as sharp in taste as lemons. Choose small, shiny fruits. Wash and eat them whole, poach them in sugar syrup and serve with ice cream, or use in a fruit salad. They' re particularly good in stuffings for poultry.Spiced kumquats