- God, or a force that some people believe controls our lives and the things that happen to us, usually in a way that protects us synonym fate
- to trust in divine providence
- She believed her suffering was sent by providence.
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French, from Latin providentia, from providere ‘foresee, attend to’, from pro- ‘before’ + videre ‘to see’.Want to learn more?
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Idioms
See providence in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarytempt providence/fate
- to do something too confidently in a way that might mean that your good luck will come to an end
- It would be tempting providence to say that we will definitely win the game.
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