Provide and Refuse

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Provide

Provide verb - To put (something) into the possession of someone for use or consumption.
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Synonyms for Provide
Antonyms for Provide
Refuse is an antonym for provide in supply topic.
Nearby Words: provision, providence, provided, provident, providing

Refuse

Refuse verb - To be unwilling to grant.
Usage example: the reclusive movie star usually refuses requests for interviews
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Synonyms for Refuse
Antonyms for Refuse
Provide is an antonym for refuse.
Nearby Words: refused, refusal, refusing, refuser
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Common collocations

help provide help refuse help
kind provide kind refuse kind
service provide service refuse service
time provide time refuse time
Other words: way, challenge, food, access, advice, healing.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Brave New World Punch Clock Villain: Mustafa Mond actually really likes Shakespeare, pure science and religion, but he has to refuse all of these, because his job to provide happiness for the people demands this.
    Source: Literature / Brave New World
  • Sink-or-Swim Mentor They provide the Patrol with the Lens, but they very definitely refuse to provide any other assistance, of any kind whatsoever, either to the Patrol as a whole or to individual Lensmen (below Second Stage).
    Source: Sink-or-Swim Mentor
  • They used to be oh-so-perfect elves, who the Solars were worried might someday act up or refuse to provide cheap labor.
    Source: Fantastic Racism / Tabletop Games
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