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prudentpru‧dent /ˈpruːdənt/ ●○○ adjective   prudentOrigin: 1300-1400 French, Latin, from providens, present participle of providere; ➔ PROVIDE - As every prudent driver knows, Big Gulps are served only at the 7-Eleven.
- Because pasteurization kills bacteria, it is most prudent to offer only pasteurized juices.
- I told him I thought it would be prudent for both of us to keep our conversation between ourselves.
- It is prudent to flag them with a red streamer.
- It is more prudent, more rational and more natural to use organic materials - manures.
- Republican voters say they want low taxes and prudent spending cuts.
ADVERB► more· It is more prudent, more rational and more natural to use organic materials - manures.· It might be more prudent to go back to her bunk and hope he would go away when his hunger was satisfied.· To increase knowledge about alcohol so that future alcohol use can be more informed and therefore more prudent. 2.· It might well be more prudent to think of climatic influences on forms and erosion rates rather than climatically dominated landforms.· The aim has been to make purchasers much more prudent and to force providers to compete for business. NOUN► man· The ordinary prudent man standard was applied not withstanding.· Indeed he considers a prudent man more safe with many of the black tribes than without their protection.· Guillaume, a careful and prudent man, was quietly appalled. ► management· Section 45 sets out the criteria for the prudent management of a building society. sensible and careful, especially by trying to avoid unnecessary risks:  prudent house buyersit is prudent (for somebody) to do something It might be prudent to get a virus detector for the network. |