American Dictionary
Definition provisional in American English
provisional
adjective
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adjective
What are red words?
Around 90% of spoken and written English relies on just 7,500 common words.These words are highlighted in red and are ranked using a star system.
- One-star words are commonly used
- Two-star words are even more common
- Three-star words are the most frequently used
/prəˈvɪʒən(ə)l/
1
intended to be temporary, and likely to be changed when other arrangements are made
Example
a provisional government
Synonyms and related words
2
if an arrangement is provisional, the people involved have not yet said that they definitely want to do it
Example
We've made a provisional reservation for next week.
