Associations to the word «Provisional»
Noun
- Ira
- Legislative
- Designation
- Junta
- Bolshevik
- Gaulle
- Ceasefire
- Armagh
- Kilometer
- Cumbria
- Revolutionary
- Airlift
- Republican
- Nanjing
- Ulster
- Belfast
- Soviet
- Diameter
- Lenin
- Government
- Coalition
- Overthrow
- Postmaster
- Asteroid
- Belt
- Brigade
- Confirmation
- Loyalist
- Tyrone
- Ruling
- Proclamation
- Bose
- Interim
- Vichy
- Constitution
- Accreditation
- Battalion
- Tsar
- Ballot
- Albania
- Afb
- Republic
- Bombardment
- Liberation
- Bombing
- Regency
- Thrace
- Delegate
- Derry
- Unionist
- Soviets
- Secession
- Licence
- Secretariat
- Coup
- Yuan
- Hind
- Tsunami
- Legitimacy
- Learner
- Squad
- Sen
- Decree
- Confederacy
- Sac
- Revolution
- Socialist
- Chronology
- Doherty
Adjective
Wiktionary
PROVISIONAL, adjective. Temporary, but with the intention of eventually becoming permanent or being replaced by a permanent equivalent
PROVISIONAL, noun. (philately) a postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.
PROVISIONAL, noun. A member of the Provisional Irish Republican Army
PROVISIONAL IRA, proper noun. One of the two groups formed following a split in the IRA in 1969, advocating a united socialist Ireland and supporting the use of terrorism and violence.
PROVISIONAL JOB, noun. A job that can be filled without being appointed from a civil service list.
Dictionary definition
PROVISIONAL, adjective. Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule".
Wise words
Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary
meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the
truants in custody and bring them back to their right
senses.