What does tentative mean?

Definitions for tentative
ˈtɛn tə tɪvten·ta·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentativeadjective

    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

    "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

  2. doubtful, tentativeadjective

    unsettled in mind or opinion

    "drew a few tentative conclusions"

Wiktionary

  1. tentativenoun

    A trial; an experiment.

  2. tentativeadjective

    Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.

  3. tentativeadjective

    Uncertain; subject to future change.

  4. Etymology: From tentatif, from tentativus, from tento, past participle tentatus; see tent, tempt.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Tentativeadjective

    Trying; essaying.

    Etymology: tentative, effort, Fr. tento, Latin.

ChatGPT

  1. tentative

    Tentative refers to something that is not certain or fixed, or done without confidence. It can also describe a provisional or preliminary idea, statement, or plan that is subject to further testing, confirmation, or modification.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Tentativeadjective

    of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental

  2. Tentativenoun

    an essay; a trial; an experiment

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Tentative

    ten′ta-tiv, adj. trying: experimental.—n. any attempt, conjecture.—adv. Ten′tatively. [Fr.,—Late L.,—L. tentāre, to try—tendĕre, to stretch.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of tentative in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of tentative in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of tentative in a Sentence

  1. Boeing Commercial Airplanes:

    This tentative agreement recognizes the significant contributions of our engineering and technical workforce and reinforces Boeing's commitment to the Puget Sound region.

  2. Peter McCallum:

    The week ahead will depend on how seriously the market is comforted by the Fed's message of support, and though risk assets will likely have more stability, we expect investors to remain tentative until easing is actually announced.

  3. Ben Wood:

    Unveiling a product ahead of rivals is an important milestone, it feels like we're in the Stone Age when it comes to products with flexible screens. We're seeing the first very tentative steps toward the implementation of a technology that may seem to be a solution looking for a problem now, but is likely to become a pillar of designs of consumer electronic devices in the future.

  4. Andy Przybylski:

    Second, the study doesn't measure either digital media use or ADHD directly. For both the study relies on survey responses provided by the student in question. It is not clear if teachers or parents would rate the children similarly or if the self-reported measure of digital screen use is correlated with either actual behaviour or higher quality survey items, finally, because this was an exploratory study, instead of a registered or confirmatory study, the results must be understood as tentative.

  5. Barry Schwartz:

    After you have a blowout day like you did yesterday and then you had eight days in a row prior to that of dropping, one has to wonder if it is a dead-cat bounce or one has to wonder if there is follow-through, and so I can understand the market being tentative today.

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Translations for tentative

From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary

  • مؤقتArabic
  • provizorní, nejistý, zkušební, pokusný, předběžnýCzech
  • experimentell, provisorisch, vorläufig, VersuchGerman
  • tentativo, provisorio, experimental, preliminar, provisional, indeciso, tanteoSpanish
  • kõhklev, ebalev, katseline, esialgneEstonian
  • kokeellinen, epäröivä, alustava, epävarmaFinnish
  • tentatif, provisoireFrench
  • जांच काHindi
  • tentativ, forsøksvis, foreløpigNorwegian
  • niepewnyPolish
  • опытный, предварительный, предположительный, экспериментальный, временный, ориентировочный, предполагаемый, пробныйRussian
  • försöks-, preliminärSwedish
  • தற்காலிகTamil
  • అస్థిరమైనదనేTelugu

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