Shall vs Provide - What's the difference?
shall | provide |
(modal auxiliary verb, defective)
* 1900 , L. Frank Baum , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz Chapter 23
(obsolete) To owe.
To make a living; earn money for necessities.
To act to prepare for something.
To establish as a previous condition; to stipulate.
To give what is needed or desired, especially basic needs.
To furnish (with), cause to be present.
* Arbuthnot
To make possible or attainable.
* Milton
(obsolete, Latinism) To foresee.
To appoint to an ecclesiastical benefice before it is vacant. See provisor .
As verbs the difference between shall and provide
is that shall is Used before a verb to indicate the simple future tense, particularly in the first person singular or plural.provide is to make a living; earn money for necessities.shall
English
Verb
(wikipedia shall)- I shall sing in the choir tomorrow .
- "My third command to the Winged Monkeys," said Glinda, "shall' be to carry you to your forest. Then, having used up the powers of the Golden Cap, I ' shall give it to the King of the Monkeys, that he and his band may thereafter be free for evermore."
- (determination''): ''You shall go to the ball!
- (obligation''): ''Citizens shall provide proof of identity.
- Shall we go out later?
Usage notes
* Shall'' is about one fourth as common relative to ''will in North America as in the UK. Some in North America may consider it formal or even pompous. * In the past, will'' and ''shall'' have been used similarly as auxiliary verbs for the future tense. The simple future tense traditionally uses ''shall for the first person ("I" and "we"), and will for the second and third persons. *: I shall go. *: You will go. * An emphatic future tense, with a sense of (must), reverses the two words, using will'' for the first person and ''shall for the second and third person. *: I will go. *: You shall go. * Usage can be reversed in questions and in dependent clauses—especially with indirect discourse. For example: Shall''' you do it?'' is equivalent in meaning to '''''Will''' you do it?'' as it anticipates your response ''I '''shall''' do it.'' Or: ''he says that he '''shall''' win'' or ''he expects that he '''shall''' win'' report his saying ''I '''shall''' win'', not ''I '''will win.See also
* ought * shalt * shan't * should * will *Statistics
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English
Verb
(provid)- It is difficult to provide for my family working on minimum wage.
- The contract provides that the work be well done.
- I'll lend you the money, provided that you pay it back by Monday.
- Don't bother bringing equipment, as we will provide it.
- We aim to provide the local community with more green spaces.
- Rome was well provided with corn.
- He provides us with an alternative option.
- Bring me berries, or such cooling fruit / As the kind, hospitable woods provide .
- (Ben Jonson)
- (Prescott)