Meaning of PROVIDENT
| Pronunciation: | | 'prâvidunt
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- [adj] providing carefully for the future; "wild squirrels are provident"; "a provident father plans for his children's education"
- [adj] careful in regard to your own interests; "the prudent use and development of resources"; "wild squirrels are provident"
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| | Synonyms: | | careful, farseeing, farsighted, forehanded, foresighted, foresightful, forethoughtful, long, longsighted, thrifty |
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| | Antonyms: | | improvident | | |
| | See Also: | | prudent | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Prov"i*dent\, a. [L. providens, -entis, p. pr. of
providere: cf. F. provident. See {Provide}, and cf.
{Prudent}.]
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.
And of our good and of our dignity, How provident he
is. --Milton.
Syn: Forecasting; cautious; careful; prudent; frugal;
economical.
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