Provident Definition

prŏvĭ-dənt, -dĕnt
adjective
Providing for future needs or events; exercising or characterized by foresight.
Webster's New World
Prudent or economical.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Provident

  • Latin providens, providentis, p.pr. of providere: compare French provident. See provide, and compare prudent.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin prōvidēns prōvident- present participle of prōvidēre to provide for provide

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Provident Sentence Examples

  • Campania holds the first place in the south, most of the savings of that region being deposited in the provident institutions of Naples.

  • Provident Living Today - provide bulk storage containers and instruction on food preservation, gardening, and other topics.

  • Foreign policy must be guided by a larger and more provident conception of Athenian interests.

  • His strong hand kept the inevitable strife of the parliamentary factions within due limits, and it was entirely owing to his provident care that Sweden so rapidly recovered from the wretched condition in which the wars of Charles had plunged her.

  • The Greeks derived it from irpoµoOi s, provident, and connected it with other such words as irpogneapat, 7rpour70Eca.

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