provide the means

VERB

enable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

empower facilitate implement permit set up

STRONG

accredit approve capacitate commission condition endow fit invest let license prepare qualify ready sanction warrant

WEAK

give power make possible

Antonyms

STRONGEST

delay hinder refuse reject stop

STRONG

disapprove prevent

WEAK

block disallow halt inhibit oppose

VERB

implement

Synonyms

STRONGEST

achieve carry out complete enforce realize resolve

STRONG

actualize effect enable execute fulfill invoke materialize perform

WEAK

bring about make good make possible put into effect

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fail forget give up ignore lose neglect stop

STRONG

halt miss prevent

WEAK

cancel cease delay hinder pause

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Yet Sir Keir Starmer is accused by two departing defence ministers of failing to provide the means to meet that vital aim.

From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026

"This knowledge will provide the means for patients who have lost their ability to control their levels of anxiety to regain it," Capecchi says.

From Science Daily • Nov. 13, 2025

What we need for the Amazon is to provide the means for people there to survive, to fulfill their basic needs.

From Scientific American • Nov. 9, 2022

And the fitness room, the indoor basketball court and the heated swimming pool provide the means to stay in shape.

From Washington Post • Feb. 4, 2022

Together, they provide the means both for generating ideas and for testing their validity.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

provide the means

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