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# prudent

«prudent» in Mova's school dictionary: **careful and sensible, thinking ahead so you avoid danger…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (prudent, more prudent, most prudent)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Prudent means careful and sensible, thinking ahead so you avoid danger or waste. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#m1)

2) (formal) Prudent with money means saving and not spending carelessly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and formal speech it praises careful choices: «It would be prudent to bring a coat». In money lessons it means saving for later. In stories a prudent character plans ahead. Phrases: «a prudent choice», «it is prudent to».

### examples

- It is prudent to check the weather before a hike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x1)
- A prudent squirrel stores nuts for winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x2)
- Saving some pocket money is prudent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x3)
- (formal) It would be prudent to arrive early. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x4)
- She made a prudent decision not to swim in the rough sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x5)
- Prudent drivers slow down in the rain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x6)
- It's prudent to back up your work. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x7)
- The prudent ant worked all summer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x8)
- Be prudent and patient and all will go well.' [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/#x9)

### note

Formal-ish; everyday words: sensible, careful, wise. Noun: prudence; adverb: prudently. Opposite: reckless, careless, imprudent.

### In the corpora

- [Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.111/)
- [Is counsel perished from the prudent?](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/JER.1296/)
- [Whoso is wise, let him understand these things, whoso is prudent, let him know them.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/HOS.213/)
- [Therefore the prudent doth keep silence in such a time; for it is an evil time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/AMO.77/)
- [A fool's vexation is presently known; but a prudent man concealeth shame.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.337/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «prudent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/prudent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.