Definitions and Examples of furnish, equip, provide
Learn when and how to use these words with these examples!
To provide a room or a house with furniture, appliances, or decorative items.
Example
We need to furnish the living room with a sofa, chairs, and a coffee table.
To provide someone or something with the necessary tools, instruments, or gear for a particular purpose.
Example
The company will equip the new employees with laptops, phones, and software.
To give someone or something what is needed or required; to supply with something.
Example
The school will provide the students with textbooks, notebooks, and pencils.
Key Differences: furnish vs equip vs provide
- 1Furnish refers to providing a place with furniture, appliances, or decorative items.
- 2Equip refers to providing someone or something with the necessary tools, instruments, or gear for a particular purpose.
- 3Provide refers to giving someone or something what is needed or required.
Effective Usage of furnish, equip, provide
- 1Home Decoration: Use furnish to describe the process of decorating a room or a house.
- 2Sports and Activities: Use equip to describe the process of providing gear or tools for sports or activities.
- 3Necessities and Supplies: Use provide to describe the process of giving someone or something what is needed or required.
Remember this!
The antonyms of disfurnish are furnish, equip, and provide. Use these words to describe the process of providing a place with furniture, appliances, or decorative items (furnish), providing someone or something with the necessary tools, instruments, or gear for a particular purpose (equip), or giving someone or something what is needed or required (provide).
