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PROVIDENT
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Providing carefully for the future
Example:
a provident father plans for his children's education
Classified under:
Similar:
careful; thrifty (mindful of the future in spending money)
farseeing; farsighted; foresighted; foresightful; long; longsighted; prospicient (planning prudently for the future)
forehanded (having provided for the future)
forethoughtful (thoughtful of the future)
Also:
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
farsighted; presbyopic (able to see distant objects clearly)
thrifty (careful and diligent in the use of resources)
Antonym:
improvident (not provident; not providing for the future)
Derivation:
provide (take measures in preparation for)
providence (the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Careful in regard to your own interests
Example:
wild squirrels are provident
Classified under:
Similar:
prudent (careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment)
Derivation:
providence (the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources)
