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Definition of provisory in English: provisoryadjective prəˈvʌɪz(ə)ri rare 1Subject to a proviso; conditional. 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
Origin Early 17th century: from French provisoire or medieval Latin provisorius, from provis- 'foreseen, attended to', from the verb providere (see provide). Rhymes advisory, revisory, supervisory Definition of provisory in US English: provisoryadjective rare 1Subject to a proviso; conditional. 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
Origin Early 17th century: from French provisoire or medieval Latin provisorius, from provis- ‘foreseen, attended to’, from the verb providere (see provide). |