provisory
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 17
- Words With Friends
- 18
- Letters
- 9
/pɹəˈvaɪzəɹi/
Definition of provisory
4 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
- Temporary; pending something more permanent.
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adj
- Temporary; pending something more permanent.
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Containing a proviso or condition.
“The provisory clause effectively excluded his otherwise logical heirs from his main inheritance.”
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Dependent on a proviso or condition.
“A provisory guarantee is rather like blackmail.”
noun
- Synonym of provisional.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Medieval Latin provisorius, from provis- (supine stem of provideo) + -orius (“-ory”).
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