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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

provisional
    adj 1: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon;
           "probationary employees"; "a provisional government";
           "just a tentative schedule" [syn: probationary,
           provisional, provisionary, tentative]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
   [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for provisional:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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