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View definitions for provide against

provide against

verb as in anticipate

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Example Sentences

Ministers agreed in thinking it far wiser to provide against abuses for the future, than to take away pensions already granted.

Great discontent was felt at the apparent failure of the Admiralty to provide against this chance.

The following means must be taken to provide against such a defect.

There is hardly in history such a series of events, that no human wisdom could provide against or foresee.

A number of spare horses were taken along, so as to provide against loss in that respect.

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On this page you'll find 24 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to provide against, such as: delay, forestall, prepare for, prevent, apprehend, and block.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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