Usually means: Temporary, pending final confirmation or decision.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word Provisional:

General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. provisional: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. provisional: Merriam-Webster
  3. Provisional, provisional: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. provisional: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. provisional: Collins English Dictionary
  6. provisional: Vocabulary.com
  7. Provisional, provisional: Wordnik
  8. provisional: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. Provisional, provisional: Wiktionary
  10. provisional: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. provisional: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. provisional: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. provisional: Dictionary.com
  14. provisional: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Provisional: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. provisional: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. provisional: Rhymezone
  18. Provisional: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. provisional: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  20. provisional: FreeDictionary.org
  21. provisional: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. provisional: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. provisional: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. PROVISIONAL: Accounting Glossary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. provisional: Legal dictionary
  5. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. provisional: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. provisional: Medical dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Cat Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Provisional)

▸ adjective:  Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent.
▸ noun:  (philately) A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.
▸ noun:  (dentistry) An interim denture.
▸ noun:  a member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army

Similar:
conditional, provisionary, probationary, tentative, Provie, Provisional IRA, Provo, sticky, stick, Irish Republican Army, more...

Opposite:
permanent, definite, fixed, established, conclusive

Phrases:
provisional ira, provisional order, provisional remedies, provisional remedy, provisional income, more...

Adjectives:
new, first, fateh, called, poor, some, non, anti

Colors:
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Similar:
conditional, provisionary, probationary, tentative, Provie, Provisional IRA, Provo, sticky, stick, Irish Republican Army, more...

Opposite:
permanent, definite, fixed, established, conclusive

Phrases:
provisional ira, provisional order, provisional remedies, provisional remedy, provisional income, provisional licence, provisional license, provisional ball, provisional seizure, provisional listing, more...

Adjectives:
new, first, fateh, called, poor, some, non, anti

Colors:
    gray,     beige,     light gray,     pale yellow,     soft blue, more...



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