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tentative adjective [ ˈtɛntətɪv ]

• not certain or fixed; provisional.
• "a tentative conclusion"
Similar: provisional, unconfirmed, unsettled, indefinite, pencilled in, preliminary, to be confirmed, TBC, subject to confirmation, speculative, conjectural, untried, unproven, unsubstantiated, exploratory, experimental, trial, test, pilot, provisory, provisionary,
Opposite: definite,
Origin: late 16th century: from medieval Latin tentativus, from tentare, variant of temptare ‘handle, try’.


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