provisional

(prə-vĭzh'ə-nəl)
adj.

1. Provided or serving only for the time being. See synonyms at temporary.
2. Provisional Of or relating to any of the extremist factions of the Irish Republican Army established in 1970.

n.

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 established in 1970.

provisionally pro·vi'sion·al·ly adv.

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adjective

1. Intended, used, or present for a limited time: impermanent, interim, short-range, short-term, temporary. See continue/stop/pause.
2. Temporarily assuming the duties of another: acting, ad interim, interim, pro tem, temporary. See continue/stop/pause, substitute.
3. Depending on or containing a condition or conditions: conditional, provisory, tentative. See limited/unlimited.

adj

Definition: contingent, tentative
Antonyms: certain, definite, permanent

This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Temporary; not permanent. Tentative, contingent, preliminary.

A provisional civil service appointment is a temporary position that fills a vacancy until a test can be properly administered and statutory requirements can be fulfilled to make a permanent appointment.

IN BRIEF: Serving for the present time only.

One forms provisional theories and waits for time or fuller knowledge to explode them. — Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - foreløbig, provisorisk
n. - provo

Nederlands (Dutch)
provisorisch, tijdelijk, voorwaardelijk

Français (French)
adj. - provisoire
n. - membre de la faction dure de l'IRA

Deutsch (German)
adj. - provisorisch, vorläufig
n. - Mitglied der Provisional IRA

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - προσωρινός
n. - μέλος της στρατιωτικής πτέρυγας του ΙΡΑ

Italiano (Italian)
provvisorio

Português (Portuguese)
adj., -
n. - provisório

Русский (Russian)
временный, предварительный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - provisional, provisorio, interino
n. - provisional, provisorio, interino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - provisorisk, tillfällig, preliminär
n. - provisorium

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
暂时的, 临时的, 暂定的, 临时邮票

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 暫時的, 臨時的, 暫定的
n. - 臨時郵票

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일시적인
n. - 임시우표

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 一時的な, 仮の, 暫定的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) مؤقت, وقتي, احتياطي (الاسم) طابع مؤقت, جندي في جيش التحرير الايرلندي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮עונה על צרכים זמניים בלבד, ארעי, זמני‬
n. - ‮חבר באגף הדוגל במעשי חבלה של ARI (בצפון אירלנד)‬

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