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provisional adjective [ prəˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)l ]

• arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.
• "provisional bookings"
Similar: interim, temporary, pro tem, transitional, changeover, stopgap, short-term, fill-in, make-do, acting, caretaker, TBC (to be confirmed), subject to confirmation, pencilled in, working, conditional, qualified, tentative, contingent, makeshift, improvised, preliminary, unfinished, pro tempore, provisory, interregnal, provisionary,
Opposite: permanent, definite,
• denoting the unofficial wings of the IRA and Sinn Fein established in 1969 and advocating terrorism.
• "the Provisional IRA"

provisional noun

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


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