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单词 providence
释义

providence

noun

prov·​i·​dence ˈprä-və-dən(t)s How to pronounce providence (audio)
-ˌden(t)s
1
a
often capitalized : divine guidance or care
b
capitalized : God conceived as the power sustaining and guiding human destiny
2
: the quality or state of being provident

Synonyms

  • economy
  • frugality
  • husbandry
  • parsimony
  • penny-pinching
  • scrimping
  • skimping
  • thrift
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Example Sentences

practicing its customary providence, the snowbound family was able to make the meager stores last until help arrived had the providence to lay in supplies before the storm hit
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin providentia, from provident-, providens

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Kids Definition

providence

noun

prov·​i·​dence ˈprä-və-dəns How to pronounce providence (audio)
1
often capitalized : help or care from God or heaven
2
capitalized : God as the guide and protector of all human beings
3
: prudence, thrift

Geographical Definition

Providence

geographical name

Prov·​i·​dence ˈprä-və-dən(t)s How to pronounce Providence (audio)
-ˌden(t)s
city in northern Rhode Island that is the state capital and a port at the head of the Providence River (a northern arm of Narragansett Bay) population 178,042

providence

noun

1
as in saving
careful management of material resources practicing its customary providence, the snowbound family was able to make the meager stores last until help arrived

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance
  • saving
  • economy
  • thrift
  • frugality
  • prudence
  • scrimping
  • skimping
  • husbandry
  • parsimony
  • temperance
  • niggardliness
  • stinginess
  • conservation
  • penny-pinching
  • miserliness
  • moderation
  • restraint
  • discretion
  • forehandedness
  • belt-tightening
  • retrenchment
  • austerity

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • wastefulness
  • improvidence
  • extravagance
  • prodigality
  • lavishness
  • squandering
  • diseconomy
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2
as in vision
concern or preparation for the future had the providence to lay in supplies before the storm hit

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • vision
  • forethought
  • prescience
  • prudence
  • foresight
  • farsightedness
  • foresightedness
  • insight
  • sagacity
  • wisdom
  • discernment
  • precaution
  • premeditation
  • perception
  • discretion
  • sapience
  • sagaciousness
  • perceptiveness
  • sageness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • improvidence
  • myopia
  • shortsightedness
  • hindsight
3
as in God
capitalized the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe she trusted in Providence to see her through the crisis

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • God
  • Lord
  • deity
  • Almighty
  • Father
  • Jahveh
  • Yahveh
  • Divinity
  • Creator
  • Godhead
  • King
  • Jehovah
  • Everlasting
  • Allah
  • Yahweh
  • Eternal
  • Maker
  • Author
  • Supreme Being
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