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provider

noun
/pɹəˈvaɪ.də(ɹ)/UK/pɹəˈvaɪ.dɚ/CA/pɹəˈvɑɪ.də(ɹ)/

Etymology

From provide + -er. Since 15th century.

  1. derived from prōvideō — “to foresee, act with foresight”
  2. inherited from providen
  3. formed as provider — “provide + -er”

Definitions

  1. One who, or that which, provides a service, commodity, or the means for subsistence.

    • In view of this, it is clear why internet service providers (ISPs) are inclined to play a backbench role when it comes to combating file sharing.
    • Using BLE, a merchant or other provider can define more targeted "micro-locations" to trigger an alert, in some cases requiring that you be in the presence of an iBeacon in order to validate a Passbook entry.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at provider. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at provider. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at provider

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA