"provider" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəˈvaɪ.də(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɹəˈvaɪ.dɚ/ [General-American], /pɹəˈvɑɪ.də(ɹ)/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-us-provider.ogg [US] Forms: providers [plural]
Etymology: provide + -er. Since 15th century. Etymology templates: {{af|en|provide|-er}} provide + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} provider (plural providers)
  1. One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence. Wikipedia link: provider Categories (topical): People Related terms: provisioner, purveyor Translations (provider): aanbieder (Afrikaans), մատակարար (matakarar) (Armenian), доста́вчик (dostávčik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), доста́вчица (dostávčica) [feminine] (Bulgarian), poskytovatel [masculine] (Czech), poskytovatelka [feminine] (Czech), verlener [masculine] (Dutch), tuottaja (Finnish), fournisseur [masculine] (French), fournisseuse [feminine] (French), Versorger [masculine] (German), Versorgerin [feminine] (German), Anbieter [masculine] (German), Anbieterin [feminine] (German), Dienstleister [masculine] (German), Dienstleisterin [feminine] (German), προμηθευτής (promitheftís) [masculine] (Greek), παροχέας (parochéas) [masculine] (Greek), πάροχος (párochos) [masculine] (Greek), szolgáltató (Hungarian), fornitore [masculine] (Italian), tilbyder [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), leverandør [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), forsørger [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), dostawca [masculine] (Polish), dostawczyni [feminine] (Polish), dostarczyciel [masculine] (Polish), dostarczycielka [feminine] (Polish), fornecedor [masculine] (Portuguese), прова́йдер (provájdɛr) (Russian), поставщи́к (postavščík) (english: supplier) [masculine] (Russian), поставщи́ца (postavščíca) [feminine] (Russian), снабдевач [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), snabdevač [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), suministrador [masculine] (Spanish), proveedor [masculine] (Spanish), sağlayıcı (Turkish), прова́йдер (provájder) [masculine] (Ukrainian), постача́льник (postačálʹnyk) (english: supplier) [masculine] (Ukrainian), постача́льниця (postačálʹnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dostawczyni"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dostarczyciel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dostarczycielka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fornecedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "provájdɛr",
      "sense": "provider",
      "word": "прова́йдер"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "supplier",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postavščík",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "поставщи́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "postavščíca",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "поставщи́ца"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "снабдевач"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "snabdevač"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suministrador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "proveedor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "provider",
      "word": "sağlayıcı"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "provájder",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "прова́йдер"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "english": "supplier",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "postačálʹnyk",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "постача́льник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "postačálʹnycja",
      "sense": "provider",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "постача́льниця"
    }
  ],
  "word": "provider"
}

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