Meaning & use

provisional

adjective·Academic

Arranged or existing for the present time only, and likely to be changed later.

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The committee reached a provisional agreement that will be reviewed again next month.

She received a provisional license that becomes permanent after a year without violations.

A note on using this word

Provisional emphasizes that something is not final and depends on later confirmation, unlike 'temporary,' which simply means short in duration.

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