prudence
part of speech
noun (prudence — uncountable; also a girl's name, Prudence)
meaning for a pupil
1) Prudence is being careful and sensible, thinking ahead so you avoid risks and mistakes. tree →
2) (money) Prudence is being careful with money, not wasting it and saving for the future. tree →
3) (church, ethics) In Christian teaching, prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues: wisely choosing what is right. tree →
4) Prudence is also a girl's name. tree →
sense in the lessons
In ethics and RE lessons prudence is a virtue, along with justice, courage and self-control. In money talk, prudence means spending wisely and saving. In fables, the prudent ant saves food for winter while the grasshopper plays. Phrases: «act with prudence», «financial prudence», «prudence and courage».
examples
- Prudence told her to wait until the ice was thick enough. tree →
- The ant showed prudence by storing food for winter. tree →
- With prudence, Grandma saved enough for a holiday. tree →
- Prudence is one of the four cardinal virtues. tree →
- It would be prudence, not cowardice, to turn back in the storm. tree →
- The family used their money with prudence. tree →
- At this splendid offer Peder's prudence gave way; it was a shame to let so much money go. tree →
note
Uncountable. Adjective «prudent», adverb «prudently». The opposite is «imprudence» or recklessness. Not the same as «prudish» (easily shocked by talk about bodies or love), which comes from «prude».
In the corpora
- To give prudence to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion;
- O ye thoughtless, understand prudence, and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.
- I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of devices.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «prudence» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.