provisional

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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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See words rhyming with "provisional."

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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