Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Provided or serving only for the time being. synonym: temporary.
- adjective Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
- noun A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment.
- noun A temporary stamp that is used before the official issue is released.
- noun A member of a Provisional faction of the Irish Republican Army.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Provided for present need or for the occasion; temporarily established; temporary: as, a provisional regulation; a provisional treaty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
temporary - noun philately a
postage stamp issued locally before anofficial issue isreleased .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
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Examples
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"For a poll worker, a provisional is the easy way out."
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And I just visited an outpost, what we call a provisional reconstruction team in Zabul Province, where this fighting is going on.
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And I just visited an outpost, what we call a provisional reconstruction team in Zabul Province, where this fighting is going on.
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And I just visited an outpost, what we call a provisional reconstruction team in Zabul Province, where this fighting is going on.
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And I just visited an outpost, what we call a provisional reconstruction team in Zabul Province, where this fighting is going on.
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The group's so-called "citizens" and elected "President" Daniel Miller set up what they call their provisional government in a 16,000-square-foot building that once was a hospital.
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The group's so-called "citizens" and elected "President" Daniel Miller set up what they call their provisional government in a 16,000-square-foot building that once was a hospital.
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The group's so-called "citizens" and elected "President" Daniel Miller set up what they call their provisional government in a 16,000-square-foot building that once was a hospital.
~ Angry Bear 2003
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The group's so-called "citizens" and elected "President" Daniel Miller set up what they call their provisional government in a 16,000-square-foot building that once was a hospital.
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The group's so-called "citizens" and elected "President" Daniel Miller set up what they call their provisional government in a 16,000-square-foot building that once was a hospital.
jwjarvis commented on the word provisional
provisional concept
September 27, 2010