providence.

1. The care or ordering of events attributed to a divine power.

2. Careful preparation for future needs or difficulties.

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Words that belong together

• divine providence
• trust in providence

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The family understood their survival as providence.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.