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Provident

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Adjective

1. provident

providing carefully for the future

Example Sentences:
'wild squirrels are provident'
'a provident father plans for his children's education'

2. provident

careful in regard to your own interests

Example Sentences:
'the prudent use and development of resources'
'wild squirrels are provident'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Provident

see synonyms of provident
adjective
1. 
providing for future needs
2. 
exercising foresight in the management of one's affairs or resources
3. 
characterized by or proceeding from foresight

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Provident

see synonyms of provident
adjective
1. 
providing for future needs or events; exercising or characterized by foresight
2. 
prudent or economical

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Provident

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adj.
1. Providing for future needs or events: "a shelter with bunks, springs only, intended for provident hikers who carried sleeping bags" (Donald Hall).
2. Frugal; economical: provident in spending money.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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