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provisional

Pronunciation:  pru'vizhunl

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"
 
 Synonyms: conditional, probationary, provisionary, tentative
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pro*vi"sion*al\, a. [Cf. F. provisionnel.]
Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the
time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as,
a provisional government; a provisional treaty.

 

 

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