provident
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈprɒvɪdənt/
:
previsor
- As a provident planner, he always set aside funds for emergencies.
Examples
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Then there is hope that we may learn to be temperate, provident, taking no more from nature's treasury than is our due.
Blog text (34) -
Rabbi Jesse Bienenfeld of Syracuse stated that Jews were not necessarily more provident or thrifty than others, but that "the Jewish people do not want their people taken care of by anyone but themselves."
Academic text (1992) -
Must be setting up mandatory provident funds for us
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Thank you for making me provident... and for not putting obstacles in my way.
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But the interesting thing is that the provident ones, on the whole, managed to avoid direct interference from the estate.
Academic text (1995) -
The earth does not conceal metals in her depths because she does not wish that men should dig them out, but because provident and sagacious Nature has appointed for each thing its place.
Academic text (2016) -
Urgent Care Social Enterprise (UCSE) is a nurse-led industrial and provident society and a registered charity that reinvests surplus income in patient services and staff education.
Academic text (2010) -
To be truly successful, you must be provident and save money for future investments.
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Her provident nature allowed her to buy a house without incurring any debt.
Synonyms
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6.2
Being careful and thinking ahead when you make decisions
Careful when planning ahead to avoid problems
Antonyms
How Provident
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Provident comes from Latin parts pro- 'before' and videre 'to see', and it is the same root found in provide and provision. So, a provident person 'sees ahead' and makes plans or saves money to be ready for the future.