Provisional Definition

prə-vĭzhə-nəl
adjective
Provided or serving only for the time being.
American Heritage
Having the nature of a temporary provision; arranged or established for the time being, pending permanent arrangement or establishment.
Webster's New World
Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.
American Heritage

Temporary.

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noun
A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment.
Fire department provisionals.
American Heritage
A postage stamp issued, as by a postmaster, for temporary use pending an official issue.
Webster's New World
A member of a Provisional faction of the Irish Republican Army.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Provisional

Noun

Singular:
provisional
Plural:
provisionals

Provisional Sentence Examples

  • A provisional convention was granted to a German company by the Porte, and an irade was obtained in 1902.

  • Sulla's dictatorship was the form taken by a provisional government.

  • An agricultural reform initiated by the provisional Government aims at the distribution of the fallow lands of the large estates and the better exploitation of the land.

  • It was useless to attempt to found permanent institutions; everything was provisional and for the moment.

  • Provisional accounts of the excavations have appeared during the excavations in the Bulletin de correspondence hellenique.

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Words Starting With

PPRPRO

Words Ending With

LALNAL

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Words Starting With P and Ending With L

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11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With P11 Letter Words Ending With L