Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Provident; making provision for the occasion.
- Containing a provision; giving details of provisions.
- Provisional; provided for the occasion; not permanent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Provisional.
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- adjective
provisional
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- adjective under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
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Examples
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The preamble of this law, standing as it now stands, has the lie direct given to it by the provisionary part of the act: if that can be called provisionary which makes no provision.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) Edmund Burke 1763
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But this disposition to represent ourselves as better than we are, and to utter opinions which are not our own, can be nothing more than a kind of provisionary arrangement of nature to lead us from the rudeness of an uncivilized state, and to teach us how to assume at least the appearance and manner of the good we see.
The Critique of Pure Reason Immanuel Kant 1764
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Joining them will be comedian Sheryl Underwood, who will be hosting on a provisionary basis that could lead to a full-time gig, depending on her chemistry with the other women.
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In addition, the EU approvals are provisionary so it is easy to cancel, but after years of fighting over Avandia the FDA took a different tack.
Gary Liberson, PhD: Doctors Silent on Risks PhD Gary Liberson 2010
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Mr. Johnson, the court-appointed monitor, said approvals are provisionary but that Westchester is making progress on its goals of building 750 affordable homes.
Renewing a Fair-Housing Fight Shelly Banjo 2011
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Comedian Sheryl Underwood will also join The Talk come the fall on a provisionary basis that could lead to a full-time gig depending on her chemistry with the remaining hosts, Sara Gilbert and Julie Chen, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Kris Jenner to Guest-Host The Talk and Today in the Fall 2011
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Mr. Johnson, the court-appointed monitor, said approvals are provisionary but that Westchester is making progress on its goals of building 750 affordable homes.
Renewing a Fair-Housing Fight Shelly Banjo 2011
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We fashioned a provisionary umbilical cord out of rubber hose, horse hair, and lower intestines.
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We fashioned a provisionary umbilical cord out of rubber hose, horse hair, and lower intestines.
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And with that, they gave him a provisionary guardianship -- a provisionary.
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