PRUDENT
\pɹˈuːdənt], \pɹˈuːdənt], \p_ɹ_ˈuː_d_ə_n_t]\
Definitions of PRUDENT
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence; "maintained a prudent silence"
By Princeton University
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showing wise self-restraint in speech and behavior especially in preserving prudent silence; "maintained a prudent silence"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Sagacious in adapting means to ends; circumspect in action, or in determining any line of conduct; practically wise; judicious; careful; discreet; sensible; -- opposed to rash; as, a prudent man; dictated or directed by prudence or wise forethought; evincing prudence; as, prudent behavior.
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Frugal; economical; not extravagant; as, a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money.
By Oddity Software
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Practically wise; careful of the result of measures or actions; wisely thoughtful; judicious; cautious; discreet.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Provident or foreseeing: cautious and wise in conduct: careful: discreet: dictated by fore thought: frugal.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Cautious; judicious; sagacious; foreseeing; provident; economical.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Cautious; practically wise, circumspect; careful of consequences; dictated by prudence; foreseeing by instinct; grugal.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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