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providence

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prov·i·dence  (prv-dns, -dns)
n.
1. Care or preparation in advance; foresight.
2. Prudent management; economy.
3. The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction: "Some sought the key to history in the working of divine providence" William Ebenstein.
4. Providence God.
providence
Noun
1. God or nature seen as a protective force that oversees people's lives
2. the foresight shown by a person in the management of his or her affairs
Providence
Noun
Christianity God, esp. as showing foreseeing care of his creatures
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Noun1.providenceProvidence - the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
capital of Rhode Island
Little Rhody, Ocean State, Rhode Island, RI - a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies; the smallest state
2.providence - the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence"
guardianship, tutelage, care, charge - attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard"
3.providence - a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
circumstances, luck, destiny, fate, fortune, lot, portion - your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); "whatever my fortune may be"; "deserved a better fate"; "has a happy lot"; "the luck of the Irish"; "a victim of circumstances"; "success that was her portion"
4.providence - the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
prudence - discretion in practical affairs
foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulness - providence by virtue of planning prudently for the future
improvidence, shortsightedness - a lack of prudence and care by someone in the management of resources
providence
noun fate, fortune, destiny, God's will, divine intervention, predestination
Translations
Spanish Providence [ˈprɔvɪdəns] n → Divina Providencia
French Providence [ˈprɔvɪdəns] n → la Providence
German Providence [ˈprɔvɪdəns] n → die Vorsehung
Italian Providence [ˈprɔvɪdəns] n → Provvidenza
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He inveighed against the injustice of Providence, which would for the sake of one criminal perchance sailing in the ship allow so many innocent persons to perish.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Providence has in a particular manner blessed it with a variety of soils and productions, and watered it with innumerable streams, for the delight and accommodation of its inhabitants.
Federalist Papers Authored by John Jay by Jay, John View in context
As a so eminently respectable man, Mr Podsnap was sensible of its being required of him to take Providence under his protection.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
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