Meaning | Providing carefully for the future. |
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Examples | - "wild squirrels are provident"
- "a provident father plans for his children's education"
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Narrower | careful, thrifty | mindful of the future in spending money |
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farseeing, farsighted, foresighted, foresightful, prospicient, long, longsighted | planning prudently for the future |
forehanded | Having provided for the future |
forethoughtful | thoughtful of the future |
See also | farsighted, presbyopic | able to see distant objects clearly |
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prudent | Careful and sensible |
thrifty | Careful and diligent in the use of resources |
Opposite | improvident | not provident / provident |
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Spanish | previsor |
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Nouns | providence | the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources |
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Adverbs | providently | in a provident / provident manner |
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Verbs | provide | take measures in preparation for |
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