提供する
解説 Definition
providing は provide（提供する、供給する）の現在分詞・動名詞です。人や組織が必要な物や情報、サービスなどを与えている場面で使われます。
Providing is the present participle or gerund of provide. It means supplying or making available something needed or useful, such as food, water, information, assistance, or a service, to a person or group.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
providing は原形 provide の語末 e を取って -ing を付けた現在分詞・動名詞で、providing と綴り、発音は /prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/。provide lunch、provide information、provide water to a town のように、必要な物・情報・サービスを用意して渡す場面で覚えましょう。
Begin with provide and remove its final silent e before adding -ing: provide becomes providing, pronounced /prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/. Its historical parts suggest “seeing ahead,” so imagine anticipating a need and preparing what will satisfy it. A school may be providing lunch, an app may be providing information, and an organization may be providing clean water to a town. This is more purposeful than simply giving: provide often implies supplying something necessary, useful, or expected. Remember the common patterns provide something and provide something to or for someone.
例文
The school is providing lunch today.
学校は今日、昼食を提供しています。
This app is providing useful information.
このアプリは役立つ情報を提供しています。
They are providing clean water to the town.
彼らはその町にきれいな水を提供しています。
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providing の語源・成り立ち Etymology
ラテン語 providēre（前もって見る）から。pro-（前に）+ vidēre（見る）で「先を見越して備える→提供する」。vision（視覚）や provident（先見の明がある）も同根。将来を見据えて準備する行為が「与える」意味に発展した。
Providing is the -ing form of provide, with the final silent e removed before the suffix is added. Provide comes through Latin providēre, composed of pro-, “forward or ahead,” and vidēre, “to see.” The original idea of seeing ahead developed into preparing for future needs and then into supplying what is needed. Vision and provident share the Latin root connected with seeing, although their modern meanings differ.
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