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Divine care or direction, the will of God or the gods; the grace of God; fate or fortune.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Divine Providence, hand of God
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A city in Providence County, Rhode Island, the state capital and largest city.
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A town in Marengo County, Alabama.
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An unincorporated community in White County, Arkansas.
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A ghost town in San Bernardino County, California.
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An unincorporated community in Bureau County, Illinois.
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An unincorporated community in Union Township, Johnson County, Indiana.
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A city in Webster County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in Simpson County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in Trimble County, Kentucky.
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An unincorporated community in Cecil County, Maryland.
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A township and unincorporated community therein, in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota.
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An unincorporated community in Boone County, Missouri.
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An unincorporated community in Dunklin County, Missouri.
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A town in Saratoga County, New York.
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An unincorporated community in Caswell County, North Carolina.
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An unincorporated community in Granville County, North Carolina.
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An unincorporated community in McDowell County, North Carolina.
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An unincorporated community in Rockingham County, North Carolina.
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A township and ghost town in Lucas County, Ohio.
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A township in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
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An unincorporated community in Orangeburg County, South Carolina.
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An unincorporated community in Anderson County, Texas.
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A city in Cache County, Utah.
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An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia.
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Other townships, in Iowa (2), and North Carolina, listed under Providence Township.
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A village in Apatou commune, French Guiana department.
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A community in the Demerara-Mahaica region, Guyana.
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noun
Preparation for the future; good governance; foresight.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, countable, uncountable
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The careful governance and guidance of God (or another deity, nature, etc.).
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A manifestation of divine care or direction; an instance of divine intervention.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Specifically, the prudent care and management of resources; thriftiness, frugality.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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the guardianship and control exercised by a deity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: care, charge, tutelage, guardianship
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the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: improvidence
Broader terms: prudence
Narrower terms: foresight, foresightedness, foresightfulness
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the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: capital of Rhode Island
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Broader terms: state capital
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a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures
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Broader terms: fortune, destiny, fate, luck, lot, circumstances, portion
History
From providence.
From Middle English providence, from Anglo-Norman providence, Middle French providence, and their source, Latin prōvidentia (“providence, foresight”), from the present participle of prōvidēre (“to provide”). By surface analysis, provide + -ence. Displaced native Old English foresċēawung.
Across languages
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