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adjective. us / prəˈvɪʒ·ə·n ə l / Add to word list. for the present time but likely to change; temporary: a provisional government. provisionally. adverb us / prəˈvɪʒ·ə·n ə l·i / I was provisionally accepted at Stanford. (Definition of provisional from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of provisional.
The meaning of PROVISIONAL is serving for the time being : temporary. How to use provisional in a sentence.
Provisional definition: providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary. See examples of PROVISIONAL used in a sentence.
adjective. us / prəˈvɪʒ·ə·n ə l / Add to word list. for the present time but likely to change; temporary: a provisional government. provisionally. adverb us / prəˈvɪʒ·ə·n ə l·i / I was provisionally accepted at Stanford. (Definition of provisional from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of provisional.
You use provisional to describe something that has been arranged or appointed for the present, but may be changed soon.
Something provisional is temporary, in the sense that it's only valid for a while. You'll often hear provisional used to describe things such as governments, elections, contracts, and agreements, all of which can change into something permanent.
1. A person hired temporarily for a job, typically before having taken an examination qualifying the person for permanent employment: fire department provisionals. 2. A temporary stamp that is used before the official issue is released. 3. Provisional A member of a Provisional faction of the Irish Republican Army. pro·vi′sion·al·ly adv.
