Definition of provident in English:

provident

adjective ˈprɒvɪd(ə)ntˈprɑvədənt

Making or indicative of timely preparation for the future.
she had learned to be provident
Example sentencesExamples
- I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life.
- Their deception is socially provident, because it makes those people work hard, save, take risks and invent.
- Belladonna, I do not think it is prudent or provident to turn down this offer.
- She was a discreet, sober, provident woman, and with great patience endured many afflictions.
- Yet, as Smiles observed, ‘No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.’
Synonyms
prudent, far-sighted, judicious, shrewd, circumspect, forearmed, wise, sagacious, sensible, commonsensical, politic, cautious, careful, thrifty
North American forehanded
rare forethoughtful

Derivatives

providently

adverb ˈprɒvɪd(ə)ntliˈprɑvəˌdɛntli

Living providently, he reached ninety years of age.
Example sentencesExamples
- He proposed that, with respect to human evolutionary development, ‘what Nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly ‘- through natural selection - ‘man may do providently, quickly and kindly ‘- through controlled breeding.’

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin provident- 'foreseeing, attending to', from the verb providere (see provide).

Rhymes

improvident

Definition of provident in US English:

provident

adjectiveˈprävədəntˈprɑvədənt

Making or indicative of timely preparation for the future.
she had learned to be provident
Example sentencesExamples
- She was a discreet, sober, provident woman, and with great patience endured many afflictions.
- Yet, as Smiles observed, ‘No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.’
- Their deception is socially provident, because it makes those people work hard, save, take risks and invent.
- I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life.
- Belladonna, I do not think it is prudent or provident to turn down this offer.
Synonyms
prudent, far-sighted, judicious, shrewd, circumspect, forearmed, wise, sagacious, sensible, commonsensical, politic, cautious, careful, thrifty

Origin

Late Middle English: from Latin provident- ‘foreseeing, attending to’, from the verb providere (see provide).

单词	provident
释义	Definition of provident in English: provident adjective ˈprɒvɪd(ə)ntˈprɑvədənt Making or indicative of timely preparation for the future. she had learned to be provident Example sentencesExamples I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life. Their deception is socially provident, because it makes those people work hard, save, take risks and invent. Belladonna, I do not think it is prudent or provident to turn down this offer. She was a discreet, sober, provident woman, and with great patience endured many afflictions. Yet, as Smiles observed, ‘No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.’ Synonyms prudent, far-sighted, judicious, shrewd, circumspect, forearmed, wise, sagacious, sensible, commonsensical, politic, cautious, careful, thrifty North American forehanded rare forethoughtful Derivatives providently adverb ˈprɒvɪd(ə)ntliˈprɑvəˌdɛntli Living providently, he reached ninety years of age. Example sentencesExamples He proposed that, with respect to human evolutionary development, ‘what Nature does blindly, slowly and ruthlessly ‘- through natural selection - ‘man may do providently, quickly and kindly ‘- through controlled breeding.’ Origin Late Middle English: from Latin provident- 'foreseeing, attending to', from the verb providere (see provide). Rhymes improvident Definition of provident in US English: provident adjectiveˈprävədəntˈprɑvədənt Making or indicative of timely preparation for the future. she had learned to be provident Example sentencesExamples She was a discreet, sober, provident woman, and with great patience endured many afflictions. Yet, as Smiles observed, ‘No laws, however stringent, can make the idle industrious, the thriftless provident, or the drunken sober.’ Their deception is socially provident, because it makes those people work hard, save, take risks and invent. I allowed myself to plan out my life and didn't let provident direction guide my life. Belladonna, I do not think it is prudent or provident to turn down this offer. Synonyms prudent, far-sighted, judicious, shrewd, circumspect, forearmed, wise, sagacious, sensible, commonsensical, politic, cautious, careful, thrifty Origin Late Middle English: from Latin provident- ‘foreseeing, attending to’, from the verb providere (see provide).
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