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Definition of provisory in English: provisoryadjective prəˈvʌɪz(ə)ri rare 1Subject to a proviso; conditional. 〈罕〉有附带条件的,有但书的 Example sentencesExamples - The provisory decree (medida provisoria) creating the public broadcasting system must be approved by Congress before becoming law.
- The Company also was loaned $409000 from IIBI in the form of a provisory note to cover the Company's short-term cash flow needs.
Synonyms contingent, dependent, qualified, with conditions, with conditions attached, with reservations, limited, restrictive, provisional 2Provisional. Example sentencesExamples - Due to the fact that the reorganisation of dioceses in the East had been considered since 1945 as a provisory structure, the Catholic Church envisaged from 1990 a new diocesan map, which would not concern itself exclusively with the East.
- Tents and wooden structures, an entire provisory village, surrounded the outskirts of the open height of the central site.
- The cold and warm vessel are leak tested using provisory covers.
Synonyms provisional, unconfirmed, unsettled, indefinite, pencilled in, preliminary, to be confirmed, tbc, subject to confirmation
OriginEarly 17th century: from French provisoire or medieval Latin provisorius, from provis- 'foreseen, attended to', from the verb providere (see provide). Rhymesadvisory, revisory, supervisory Definition of provisory in US English: provisoryadjective rare 1Subject to a proviso; conditional. 〈罕〉有附带条件的,有但书的 Example sentencesExamples - The provisory decree (medida provisoria) creating the public broadcasting system must be approved by Congress before becoming law.
- The Company also was loaned $409000 from IIBI in the form of a provisory note to cover the Company's short-term cash flow needs.
Synonyms contingent, dependent, qualified, with conditions, with conditions attached, with reservations, limited, restrictive, provisional 2 another term for provisional (sense 1 of the adjective) Example sentencesExamples - Tents and wooden structures, an entire provisory village, surrounded the outskirts of the open height of the central site.
- The cold and warm vessel are leak tested using provisory covers.
- Due to the fact that the reorganisation of dioceses in the East had been considered since 1945 as a provisory structure, the Catholic Church envisaged from 1990 a new diocesan map, which would not concern itself exclusively with the East.
Synonyms provisional, unconfirmed, unsettled, indefinite, pencilled in, preliminary, to be confirmed, tbc, subject to confirmation
OriginEarly 17th century: from French provisoire or medieval Latin provisorius, from provis- ‘foreseen, attended to’, from the verb providere (see provide). |