tentative
pronunciation
How to pronounce tentative in British English:
UK [ˈtentətɪv]
How to pronounce tentative in American English:
US [ˈtentətɪv]
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- Adjective:
- under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
- unsettled in mind or opinion
Word Origin
- tentative (adj.)
- 1580s, from Medieval Latin tentativus "trying, testing," from Latin tentatus, past participle of tentare "to feel, try." Related: Tentatively; tentativeness.
Example
- 1. Even the market is signalling tentative signs of over-supply .
- 2. Tentative indications are that money could start flowing back .
- 3. The end of that destocking is now helping economies to tentative recovery .
- 4. However , these people warned that chaotic global economic conditions made any forecast highly tentative .
- 5. Brand-building in the west by chinese companies is at a tentative stage .