Hypertext Webster Gateway: "provisional"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Provisional \Pro*vi"sion*al\, a. [Cf. F. provisionnel.]
Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the
time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as,
a provisional government; a provisional treaty.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
provisional
adj : under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon;
"probationary employees"; "a provisional government";
"just a tentative schedule" [syn: {probationary}, {provisionary},
{tentative}]
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