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31provided, providing — Although originally participles, both provided and providing have long been accepted as conjunctions, and their use is both correct and interchangeable. Neither should be used as a general synonym for the word if; each implies a stipulation… …
32provided, providing — Most authorities consider the first preferable to the second in constructions such as He agreed to come, provided he could get the day off work, but either would be correct. If is often better still …
33provided, providing — Most authorities consider the first preferable to the second in constructions such as He agreed to come, provided he could get the day off work, but either would be correct. If is often better still …
34provided by law — This phrase when used in a constitution or statute generally means prescribed or provided by some statute …
35provided school — noun Britain : council school * * * provided school noun Formerly, in England and Wales, a school maintained by, and under the management of, the local authority • • • Main Entry: ↑provide …
36provided — conjunction Etymology: Middle English, past participle of providen to provide Date: 15th century on condition that ; with the understanding ; if Usage: see providing …
37provided — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adv. if, supposing, though. See circumstance. II (Roget s IV) conj. Syn. on the assumption that, in the event, in the case that; see if , supposing …
38provided — pro vid·ed || prÉ™ vaɪdɪd conj. on the condition that; only if pro·vide || prÉ™ vaɪd v. supply, furnish; give, grant; prepare for in advance; set, make arrangements …
39provided — conjunction on the condition or understanding that …
40provided — conj. If, on condition, with the understanding, granted, supposing, on these terms, by stipulation …
