provisional in English

adjective

1

arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.

a provisional government

synonyms: interim, temporary, pro tem, transitional, changeover, stopgap, short-term, fill-in, acting, caretaker, subject to confirmation, penciled in, working, tentative, contingent

2

of or relating to the unofficial wings of the Irish Republican Army and Sinn Fein established in 1969 and advocating terrorism.

Even though the shooting took place in the staunchly republican west Belfast, security sources immediately ruled out any Provisional IRA involvement.

noun

1

a provisional postage stamp.

The New Orleans 5c Provisionals are the most common of the CSA provisional stamps and the ones most likely to be acquired by the average collector.

2

a member of the Provisional wings of the Irish Republican Army or Sinn Fein.

Separately, Special Branch detectives said this weekend that Garda surveillance had resumed on alleged members of the Provisionals in Dublin, including people associated with Sinn Féin.

adjective

• interim, temporary, pro tem, transitional, changeover, stopgap, short-term, fill-in, acting, caretaker, subject to confirmation, penciled in, working, tentative, contingent
• tentative, probationary, provisionary

Use "provisional" in a sentence

1. A Provisional Government...

2. Following provisional disclosure, the complainant claimed that the provisional ad valorem duties were not effective.

3. Ukrainian Provisional Government (1918).

4. The booking is only provisional.

5. These dates are only provisional.

6. All these conclusions are provisional.

7. Order of the Provisional Government.

8. 16 synonyms for Conditional: dependent, limited, qualified, subject to, contingent, provisional, with reservations, provisional, provisory, tentative

9. Power is with the Provisional Government...

10. A provisional military government took office .

11. GATT was ad hoc and provisional.

12. A provisional government formed on 22 February.

13. Lieut.-Colonel A. W. Currie to 1st (Provisional) Brigade; Lieut.-Colonel M. S. Mercer to 3rd (Provisional) Brigade; Colonel R. E. W. Turner, V.C., D.S.O., A.D.C., to 4th (Provisional) Brigade.

14. Provisional instalments and advance payment of benefit

15. Provisional qualifying requires a score of 3

16. 6 A provisional military government took office .

17. Provisional Government of the French Republic (GPRF) (1944–46), government of the provisional Republic until the establishment of the IVth Republic.

18. Provisional Government of India (1915), established in Kabul.

19. The Korean organizers reaped a provisional profit of $349,000,000.

20. In this way, provisional adaptations turn into routine commitments.

21. They say the Provisional Government of Korea is here.

22. The Provisional Constitution was reinstated and the parliament convened.

23. Here it will suffice to indicate some provisional impressions.

24. You can make a provisional booking over the phone.

25. Provisional tables, etc., for the final report should be specified.

26. Thus my Churchgoing was a merely symbolical and provisional practice.

27. Bihar or Behar (bēhär`), state (2001 provisional pop

28. So here's the famous Seoul bureau of the Provisional Government.

29. The management has made a provisional pay offer of 7%.

30. The quantum and the classical domains as provisional parallel Coexistents

31. ECE/TRANS/WP.15/AC.1/HAR/4: Provisional agenda

32. Denmark followed in 1915, and Russian Provisional Government in 1917.

33. Berar, India: see Madhya PradeshMadhya Pradesh , state (2001 provisional pop

34. The Korean Provisional Government in China failed to obtain widespread recognition.

35. After the overthrow of the provisional government, the board's work ceased.

36. In the absence of further comments on price undercutting, the provisional findings as set out in recitals (119) to (123) of the provisional Regulation are hereby confirmed.

37. In the absence of further comments on price undercutting, the provisional findings as set out in recitals 119 to 123 of the provisional Regulation are hereby confirmed.

38. The application for a provisional mining licence would include, inter alia:

39. The Committee adopted its provisional agenda (A/AC.182/L.135).

40. A provisional Protocol 14bis had been opened for signature in 2009.

41. The laws didn't exist, so they slapped provisional patents on everything.

42. Interlocutory injunction is an important provisional equity relief in American law.

43. Corporal Ahn Okyun to be transferred to Provisional Government of Korea.

44. Baluchistan (bəlo͞o`chĭstăn) or Balochistan (bəlô`–), province (2017 provisional pop

45. IAF CASB Airmen 2021 provisional list release date has been postponed

46. The triumvirate of Ōkubo, Saigō and Kido formed a provisional government.

47. Provisional Matthieu taken her queenfish so grandly that Hezekiah Bedabbling very conducingly.

48. Printed matter, except qualification certificates, debentures, provisional certificates and shares of paper

49. Witnesses quickly rebuilt Kingdom Halls and built more than 500 provisional houses

50. You have to get a provisional licence until you pass your test.