prudential
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɹuːˈdɛn.ʃəl/, [pɹuːˈdɛn.ʃl̩]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- (US) IPA(key): /pɹuˈdɛn.ʃəl/, [pɹuˈdɛn.ʃl̩]
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɹʉːˈden.ʃəl/, [pɹʉːˈden.ʃl̩]
Adjective[edit]
prudential (comparative more prudential, superlative most prudential)
- Characterised by the use of prudence; arising from careful thought or deliberation. [from 15th c.]
- 1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:
- a prudential line of conduct
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 206:
- Matrimony had always been a matter of prudential calculation.
- Of a person: exercising prudence; cautious. [from 17th c.]
- Advisory; superintending or executive.
- a prudential committee
Noun[edit]
prudential (plural prudentials)