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PROVISIONAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does provisional mean? 

PROVISIONAL (adjective)
  The adjective PROVISIONAL has 1 sense:

1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed uponplay

  Familiarity information: PROVISIONAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


PROVISIONAL (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

Synonyms:

probationary; provisional; provisionary; tentative

Context example:

just a tentative schedule

Similar:

conditional (imposing or depending on or containing a condition)


 Context examples 


A provisional entity describing precursor lymphoid neoplasms that express CD56 and immature T-cell markers, lack B-lymphoid and myeloid markers, and have the immunoglobulin and T-cell receptor genes in the germline configuration.

(Natural Killer Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia/Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)

Yes, a provisional one.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)



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