The aquifer serves as the primary provider of fresh water for the region's agriculture.
含水层是该地区农业淡水的主要供应者。
Which choice best defines “provider”?
A — A person or thing that supplies something. “provider” means a person or thing that supplies something.
Which word means “a person or thing that supplies something”?
A — provider. “provider” means a person or thing that supplies something.
provider — a person or thing that supplies something. In Chinese: 供应者.
provider is pronounced /prəˈvaɪdər/.
The aquifer serves as the primary provider of fresh water for the region's agriculture. (含水层是该地区农业淡水的主要供应者。)
supplier, source, purveyor — all close in meaning to provider (a person or thing that supplies something).
consumer, recipient — each the opposite of provider (a person or thing that supplies something).
Yes. provider is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.