provisory
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English[edit]
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Adjective[edit]
provisory (comparative more provisory, superlative most provisory)
- Containing a proviso.
- The provisory clause effectively excluded his otherwise logical heirs from his main inheritance.
- Dependent on a proviso or condition.
- A provisory guarantee is rather like blackmail.
- Temporary; pending something more permanent.
Synonyms[edit]
- (relating to a proviso) conditional
- (pending something) provisional, temporary, transitory
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Translations[edit]
containing provisoes
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dependent on a condition
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pending something more permanent
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Noun[edit]
provisory (plural provisories)
- (philately) Synonym of provisional