provisional Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
    tentative; probationary; provisionary.
    • probationary employees
    • a provisional government
    • just a tentative schedule

WordNet

Pro*vi"sion*al adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. provisionnel.
Definitions
  1. Of the nature of a provision; serving as a provision for the time being; -- used of partial or temporary arrangements; as, a provisional government; a provisional treaty.

Webster 1913