All 3 Uses of
providence
in
Great Expectations
- No sooner did he see me, than he appeared to consider that a special Providence had put a 'prentice in his way to be read at; and he laid hold of me, and insisted on my accompanying him to the Pumblechookian parlor.†
p. 123.8 *providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky
- I really believe Joe would have prolonged this word (mightily expressive to my mind of some architecture that I know) into a perfect Chorus, but for his attention being providentially attracted by his hat, which was toppling.†
p. 234.0
- It was that, in my being brought low, he saw the finger of Providence.†
p. 507.8providence = resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky
Definitions:
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(1)
(providence as in: divine providence) resulting from God's intervention or plan; or lucky -- especially with regard to when something happened
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely providence may mean to prepare for the future. This is the sense that relates more directly to provident or improvident.