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[ adjective ] under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

Examples

"probationary employees" "a provisional government" "just a tentative schedule"

Used in print

(The New York Times,...)

`` I 'll do as you say , but I 'll also play a provisional ball and get a ruling '' .

He scored a 4 for the embedded ball , a 3 with the provisional one .

So he picked_up a stroke with the provisional ball and won the tournament by the margin of that stroke .

Related terms

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