Definitions for Providence

Providence prov·i·dence

Spelling: [prov-i-duh ns]
IPA: /ˈprɒv ɪ dəns/

Providence is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 593 anagrams from letters in Providence (cdeeinoprv).

Definitions for Providence

noun

  1. (often initial capital letter) the foreseeing care and guidance of God or nature over the creatures of the earth.
  2. (initial capital letter) God, especially when conceived as omnisciently directing the universe and the affairs of humankind with wise benevolence.
  3. a manifestation of divine care or direction.
  4. provident or prudent management of resources; prudence.
  5. foresight; provident care.
  6. a seaport in and the capital of Rhode Island, in the NE part, at the head of Narragansett Bay.
  7. a state of the NE United States, on the Atlantic coast: a part of New England. 1214 sq. mi. (3145 sq. km). Capital: Providence. Abbreviation: RI (for use with zip code), R.I.

Origin of Providence

1300-50; Middle English Latin prōvidentia foresight, forethought. See provident, -ence

Examples for Providence

To hear Cianci tell it, in the last 13 years providence is a city that has gone to seed.

The ex-convict mayor of providence, Rhode Island is coming back for more.

Buddy Cianci knows the soul of providence—and voters apparently know the ex-mayor a little too well to forgive and forget.

The lover wrestled with providence for his foreshadowed bliss.

Did not the providence of the world ordain that not a few should go unmarried?

Fate played into his hands without doubt, but Fate was not providence.

That crazy image stayed in my mind all the way up from Washington on a train, which I fell out of in providence, R.I.

Not, of course, that he put it that way, or that he was making terms with providence.

providence has a hand in this, as in all other sublunary dispensations.

“Basically, I was contacted and asked if an appeal could be opened on my behalf,” she told me from her home in providence.

Word Value for Providence
Scrable

18

Words with friends

22

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