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.

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

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

  • The Friends Provident with-profits bond will likely have penalties for anyone who wants to exit in the first five years, says Ms Bowes.

  • Provident institutions have considerably developed in Italy under the forms of savings banks, assurance companies Provident and mutual benefit societies.

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