Provisional

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Provided or serving only for the time being. See Synonyms at temporary.
  • adj. Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
  • n. A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment: fire department provisionals.
  • n. A temporary stamp that is used before the official issue is released.
  • n. A member of a Provisional faction of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. temporary
  • n. a postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Provided for present need or for the occasion; temporarily established; temporary: as, a provisional regulation; a provisional treaty.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
    • Equivalent
    conditional   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    collisional    divisional   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    tentative    territorial    nominal    prior    interim   
     
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