Definitions for provident
ˈprɒv ɪ dəntprov·i·dent

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. providentadjective

   providing carefully for the future

   "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education"

2. providentadjective

   careful in regard to your own interests

   "the prudent use and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are provident"

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. providentadjective

   With care and consideration for the future; foresightly.

2. Etymology: providens, providentis, p.pr. of providere: compare provident. See provide, and compare prudent.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Providentadjective

   Forecasting; cautious; prudent with respect to futurity.

   Etymology: providens, Lat.

   I saw your brother
   Most provident in peril, bind himself
   To a strong mast that liv’d upon the sea. William Shakespeare.

   We ourselves account such a man for provident, as remembering things past, and observing things present, can, by judgment, and comparing the one with the other, provide for the future. Walter Raleigh.

   First crept
   The parsimonious emmet, provident
   Of future. John Milton.

   Orange, with youth, experience has,
   In action young, in council old;
   Orange is what Augustus was,
   Brave, wary, provident and bold. Edmund Waller.

   A very prosperous people, flushed with great successes, are seldom so pious, so humble, so just, or so provident, as to perpetuate their happiness. Francis Atterbury.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. provident

   Provident refers to having or showing careful forethought for the future, often particularly in terms of managing resources or finances. It involves planning ahead and making arrangements to ensure future needs will be met. It can also refer to showing prudence, wisdom, and good judgment.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Providentadjective

   foreseeing wants and making provision to supply them; prudent in preparing for future exigencies; cautious; economical; -- sometimes followed by of; as, aprovident man; an animal provident of the future

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How to pronounce provident?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of provident in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of provident in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of provident in a Sentence

1. Francis Cardinal George, OMI:

   A person of integrity oversees himself or herself. For Christians, the principle of integrity, what holds us together, is faith. The belief that a provident God accompanies us on every step of life’s journey and in everything we do keeps us from doing anything that cannot be done in God’s company and with the help of His grace.

2. Feltham:

   In all that belongs to man you cannot find a greater wonder than memory. What a treasury of all things! What a record! What a journal of all! As if provident Nature, because she would have man circumspect, had furnished him with an account-book, to carry always with him. Yet it neither burthens nor takes up room.

3. Alexis de Tocqueville:

   ... above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident, and mild. It would be like the authority of a parent, if, like that authority, its object was to prepare them for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood...

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=provident
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Provident
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=provident
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/provident
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=provident