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provisional

/pɹəˈvɪʒənəl/adjective4 syllables

Provisional means: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon.

Synonyms for provisional5

adjective, as in under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

probationary, provisionary, tentative, conditional

also used for provisional

provisory

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What does provisional mean?1

adjective

1

under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon“probationary employees”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with provisional?1

four syllables

divisional
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Provisional in a sentence

  • We'll have our firm's attorneys look through the provisional agreement.CK
  • I set up a kind of provisional office in my assistant editors' room.frpzzd
  • After the revolution, a provisional government ruled.bigfellow68
  • Tom got his provisional licence yesterday, so he's out with his dad practising his driving.sundown
  • The President of the Kabyle Provisional Government is Mr Ferhat Mehenni.Igider

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