The meaning of PROVIDENCE is divine guidance or care. How to use providence in a sentence.

PROVIDENCE definition: the foreseeing care and guidance of God or nature over the creatures of the earth. See examples of providence used in a sentence.

PROVIDENCE definition: 1. an influence that is not human in origin and is thought to control people's lives: 2. the…. Learn more.

There are ten meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun providence, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Definition of providence noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. God, or a force that some people believe controls our lives and the things that happen to us, usually in a way that …

Providence is God, or a force which is believed by some people to arrange the things that happen to us.

The care, guardianship, and control exercised by a deity; divine direction: "Some sought the key to history in the working of divine providence" (William Ebenstein).