провести

про- (pro-) +‎ вести (vesti).

• IPA^(key): [prəvʲɪˈsʲtʲi]

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• Homophone: провезти́ (proveztí)

провести́ • (provestí) pf (imperfective проводи́ть)

1. to lead, to conduct, to guide, to steer, to take
2. to lay, to construct, to build, to install a road, a pipe, a wire etc.
3. to carry out, to carry through, to realize, to put into practice, to conduct
4. to pass over, to run over
5. to spend, to pass (time)

   Как вы провели́ вре́мя? ― Kak vy provelí vrémja? ― How was your time?

   • 1869, Лев Толстой [Leo Tolstoy], “Том 2, Часть третья, XXII”, in Война и мир; English translation from Aylmer and Louise Maude, transl., War and Peace, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1922–1923:

     На друго́й день князь Андре́й пое́хал к Росто́вым обе́дать, так как его́ звал граф Илья́ Андре́ич, и провёл у них це́лый день.

     Na drugój denʹ knjazʹ Andréj pojéxal k Rostóvym obédatʹ, tak kak jevó zval graf Ilʹjá Andréič, i provjól u nix célyj denʹ.

     Next day, having been invited by the count, Prince Andrew dined with the Rostóvs and spent the rest of the day there.

6. to book, to register, to enter
7. to draw a line
8. to cheat, to take in, to trick, to fool

• проводи́ться (provodítʹsja), провестись (provestisʹ)
• проведе́ние (provedénije)

про- + во̀дити

• IPA^(key): /prǒʋesti/
• Hyphenation: про‧вес‧ти

про̀вести pf (Latin spelling pròvesti)

1. (transitive) to lead, guide, take (somebody by showing the way)
2. (transitive) to install (electricity, installations etc.), lay/run lines
3. (transitive) to carry out, implement, execute, put into effect (measures)

   провести одлуку ― to carry out a decision

4. (transitive) to spend (time)

   слободно вр(иј)еме проводим пишући р(ј)ечник ― I spend my free time writing a dictionary

   провести дан ― to spend one's day

   како си провео л(ј)ето? ― how was your summer?

5. (reflexive) to spend one's (free) time, fare in (in a particular manner)

   л(иј)епо се проведите за викенд! ― have a good time during the weekend!

• прово̀дити impf

• “провести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

про- + во̑з, во̀зити

• IPA^(key): /prǒʋesti/
• Hyphenation: про‧вес‧ти

про̀вести pf (Latin spelling pròvesti)

1. (transitive, reflexive) to drive through or pass something
2. (transitive, reflexive) to take for a drive/ride

• прово̀зити impf

• “провести”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

From про- (pro-) +‎ вести́ (vestý).

• IPA^(key): [prɔʋeˈstɪ]

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провести́ • (provestý) pf (imperfective прово́дити or прова́дити or проводжа́ти or прово́джувати^[rare] or прова́джувати^[rare]) (transitive)

1. to see off (accompany someone to a point of departure)
2. (with a destination) to accompany

   Я провів її додому. ― Ja proviv jiji dodomu. ― I saw her home

3. to pass across, to pass over, to run over (touch with a smooth movement)
4. to lay, to install (:road, pipe, wire, etc.)
5. to conduct, to carry out, to perform (:analysis, experiment, investigation, operation, procedure, survey, etc.)
6. to hold (:ceremony, election, event, etc.)
7. to spend, to pass (:time)
8. (colloquial) to cheat, to take in, to trick, to fool (:somebody)
9. (colloquial) to squander (:money)

• прове́дення n (provédennja)

• Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “провести”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, Yu. Marchenko, O. Telemko, et al. (compilers, 2007–2022), “провести”, in Russian-Ukrainian Dictionaries
• A. Rysin, V. Starko, et al. (compilers, 2011–2020), “провести”, in English–Ukrainian Dictionaries
• “провести”, in Горох – Словозміна [Horokh – Inflection] (in Ukrainian)
• “провести”, in Kyiv Dictionary (in English)
• “провести”, in Словник.ua [Slovnyk.ua] (in Ukrainian)