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Providing Pronunciation

Providing is pronounced pruh-VY-ding, IPA /prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/.

pruh-VY-ding

US /prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/  ·  UK /prəˈvaɪdɪŋ/

Syllables: pruh · VY · ding (3 syllables, stress on syllable 2)

verb (present participle) and conjunction: Supplying something, or, as a linking word, on the condition that.

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Providing in a Sentence

  • The charity is providing meals to forty families.
  • You can borrow it providing you bring it back by Friday.
  • Providing the weather holds, we will walk the ridge.

Common Mispronunciations of Providing

Not PROH-vy-ding

Keep the opening syllable weak and land the punch on VY. Providence pulls the weight forward, but the verb never does.

Not pruh-VI-ding

Stretch the stressed vowel into the long eye of ride. Clipping it moves the word towards dividing.

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