Hi Sir and friends
I Searched in google meaning of “providence” .the real meaning is" power of God or something like that" but it also shows “nemesis”… I dont understand this… can you explain this please?
Thankyou💜
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The definition of providence is preparations for the future, frugal management, or divine power. The vast majority of all English words have multiple meanings. Some words can have several dozen different meanings. Therefore, you should always learn words in context, that is, in complete sentences rather than as individual words.
To explain what “providence” means, can you please show us the sentence where you found the word?
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Hi sir
Many thanks
This is from some motivational article…
By learning to love this one.
By realizing this one is a perfect representation of divine will and providence.
For every hate, every judgement, every fear is an illusion of the mind and IS what we seek to overcome.
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In this context it means ‘the protective care of God’. By the way, I don’t think “for every hate” is correct English. Who wrote this text?
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Providence is mostly an archaic word. I don’t know if I have ever heard anyone use the word. I’ve seen the word used in old texts, but not modern writing unless someone is trying to be creative. Probably most native speakers could not define the word.
Providence is related to the words Provide and Provision. Except it is used in a religious, divine, or vague ethereal context. It does not have to involve a divinity or god, but often does.
This is a rare use of the word “for”. It has a meaning similar to “because”.
[Because] every hate [we have], every judgement [we make], every fear [we have] is an illusion of the mind and IS what we seek to overcome.
Because our hatred is an illusion of the mind, which is what we must overcome.
Because Judgment is an illusion…
Because fear is an illusion…
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I’m not referring to the use of ‘for’ but to the fact that the noun ‘hate’ is uncountable.
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I’ve never heard of “hate” being used this way, essentially enumerating the hates that I have or the things that I hate, but it is understandable and a bit poetic.
“I hate Brussels sprouts.”
“I hate the Dallas Cowboys.”
That’s two hates I have.
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I know. This is why I added the bracketed text. Most non-countable nouns can actually be used as countable. Arinker gave an example. As he also said, it’s a creative use of words. I don’t have a problem with it being used that way.
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