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   provisional

   /prəˈvɪʒən(ə)l/

   adjective

   • 1. arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later: "a provisional government"
   • ▪ (of a driving licence) to be obtained before starting to learn to drive and upgraded to a full licence on passing a driving test: British "Norman as yet had only a provisional licence"
   • ▪ (of a postage stamp) put into circulation temporarily, usually owing to the unavailability of the definitive issue.
   • 2. denoting the unofficial wings of the IRA and Sinn Fein established in 1969 and advocating terrorism: "the Provisional IRA"

   noun

   • 1. a provisional stamp.
   • 2. a member of the Provisional wings of the IRA or Sinn Fein.

   Derivatives

   • 1. provisionality noun
   • 2. provisionalness noun

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   What is a provisional government?

   • a provisional government. accepted or adopted tentatively; conditional; contingent. (usually initial capital letter) of or being the wing of the Irish Republican Army that follows a policy of violence. Philately. a stamp that serves temporarily, pending the appearance of the regular issue, or during a temporary shortage of the regular stamps.

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   What is a provisional nomenclature?

   • Any loci or alleles of uncertain homology with previously described markers were given a provisional nomenclature. Most importantly, it constitutes a source of "provisional specifications" that practitioners can evaluate in their own contexts of action (an interpretation model). These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web.

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   What was a provisional solution?

   • The law contained a provisional solution, however, that of the employer being responsible for compensation during this period. Neither nationalism nor social unrest rocked the provisional republic. The children's understanding of group improvisation was jointly negotiated and constructed as provisional, and frequently contested.

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   adjective. us / prəˈvɪʒ·ə·n ə l / Add to word list. for the present time but likely to change; temporary: a provisional government. provisionally. adverb us / prəˈvɪʒ·ə·n ə l·i / I was provisionally accepted at Stanford. (Definition of provisional from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of provisional.

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   Provisional definition: providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary. See examples of PROVISIONAL used in a sentence.

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   Provisional means temporary or likely to change for the present time. Learn how to use this adjective in different contexts, such as government, dates, or ballots, and see synonyms and antonyms.

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   Something provisional is temporary, in the sense that it's only valid for a while. You'll often hear provisional used to describe things such as governments, elections, contracts, and agreements, all of which can change into something permanent.

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   Provisional means temporary, conditional, or relating to the Irish Republican Army. Find synonyms, translations, and usage examples of provisional in different contexts.

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