provident
Origin of provident
1Other words for provident
Opposites for provident
Other words from provident
- prov·i·dent·ly, adverb
- prov·i·dent·ness, noun
- non·prov·i·dent, adjective
- non·prov·i·dent·ly, adverb
- o·ver·prov·i·dent, adjective
- o·ver·prov·i·dent·ly, adverb
- o·ver·prov·i·dent·ness, noun
- un·prov·i·dent, adjective
- un·prov·i·dent·ly, adverb
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How to use provident in a sentence
Despite that negative result, he was placed into isolation—a provident decision.
Two Americans Have Now Been Diagnosed With Ebola in Record Outbreak | Kent Sepkowitz | July 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThese accounts operate as part of the country's Central provident Fund system that also provides retirement.
Conservatives Love Obamacare - When it's Singaporecare | David Frum | March 28, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the other hand Mr. Longley preferred the "offer of the House" to widows, in order to make their deceased husbands provident.
English Poor Law Policy | Sidney WebbIt was fortunate Humphrey had been so provident in making so large a quantity of hay, or the stock would have been starved.
The Children of the New Forest | Captain MarryatBut at last, thoughtful for her health and provident of her weakness, he rose up and passed his arm around her to convey her home.
The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher Stowe
At this moment the conference was cut short by Mrs. Scudders provident footstep on the garret stairs.
The Minister's Wooing | Harriet Beecher StoweNo wonder that provident parents circumvent such a common law by a settlement before marriage!
The College, the Market, and the Court | Caroline H. Dall
British Dictionary definitions for provident
/ (ˈprɒvɪdənt) /
providing for future needs
exercising foresight in the management of one's affairs or resources
characterized by or proceeding from foresight
Origin of provident
1Derived forms of provident
- providently, adverb
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