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1. (adj.) provisional
serving for the time being only; temporary:
a provisional government.
2. provisional
accepted or adopted tentatively; conditional.
3. provisional
(usu. cap.) of or being the wing of the Irish Republican Army that follows a policy of terrorism and violence.
4. (n.) provisional
a postage stamp issued for temporary use, as by a local post office prior to regular government issues.
5. provisional
a provisional member of a group.
6. provisional
(usu. cap.) a member of the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.
Etymology: (1595–1605)
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| Definition of 'provisional' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative
under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
"probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"
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1. (adjective) provisional
not permanent, and likely to change; = temporary
a provisional government
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1. (adj) provisional
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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Sense: temporary; appointed, arranged etc only for the present time
a provisional government.
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 Afrikaans: voorlopig |
 Arabic: وَقْتي، مُؤَقَّت |
 Bulgarian: временен |
 Brazilian: provisório |
 Czech: prozatímní |
 German: provisorisch |
 Danish: midlertidig |
 Greek: προσωρινός |
 Spanish: provisional |
 Estonian: ajutine |
 Farsi: موقتی |
 Finnish: tilapäinen |
 French: provisoire |
 Hebrew: זְמָנִי |
 Hindi: अस्थायी |
 Hungarian: ideiglenes |
 Indonesian: sementara |
 Icelandic: bráðabirgða- |
 Italian: provvisorio |
 Japanese: 仮の |
 Korean: 임시의, 잠정적인 |
 Lithuanian: laikinas |
 Latvian: provizorisks; pagaidu- |
 Malay: sementara |
 Dutch: tijdelijk |
 Norwegian: midlertidig, foreløpig |
 Polish: tymczasowy |
 Persian: موقتی |
 Pashto: د لږ وخت لپاره |
 Portuguese: provisório |
 Romanian: (în mod) provizoriu |
 Russian: временный |
 Slovak: dočasný, prechodný |
 Slovenian: začasen |
 Serbian: privremen |
 Swedish: provisorisk |
 Thai: เฉพาะกาล |
 Turkish: geçiçi |
 Taiwanese: 臨時的 |
 Ukrainian: тимчасовий |
 Urdu: عارضي |
 Vietnamese: tạm thời; lâm thời |
 Chinese: 临时的 |
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