provider

noun

pro·​vid·​er prə-ˈvī-dər How to pronounce provider (audio)
: one that provides
health care providers
an Internet provider
especially : breadwinner

Examples of provider in a Sentence

She works hard and is a good provider. He is the sole provider for his family.
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This allows businesses to distribute workloads between on-premises infrastructure, colocation facilities and cloud providers like AWS, Google Cloud and Microsoft Azure. Ivo Ivanov, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025 The company is in the midst of acquiring PBR, along with events and hospitality provider On Location and sports marketing agency IMG from Endeavor Group in a deal valued at $3.25 billion. Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 26 Feb. 2025 Persons in the higher-risk categories who experience flu-like symptoms within two months after eating contaminated food should seek medical care and tell the health care provider about eating the contaminated food, says the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 26 Feb. 2025 Line-skipping has increased for every organ provider Out-of-sequence allocation rates by procurement organization Source: Based on Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network data as of Jan. 17. Brian M. Rosenthal, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for provider

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of provider was in 1523

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“Provider.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provider. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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