provisional

pronunciation

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  • Adjective:
    under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

Word Origin

provisional (adj.)
"as a temporary arrangement for the present," c. 1600, from provision (n.) + -al (1), or else from Middle French provisionnal (15c.), from Old French provision. The notion is of something that will "provide for present needs." Related: Provisionally.

Antonym

adj.

definitive

Example

1. The provisional leaders have also been making headway on other , practical matters .
2. For example , the new provisional constitution in tunisia bars non-muslims from serving as president .
3. The talks may end quietly as steelmakers accept the 33 percent as a provisional cut .
4. Under eu law , the commission must decide within nine months whether to impose provisional duties .
5. At a conference convened by the u. n. , a provisional government was established under president hamid karzai .

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