Translate provisional | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of provisional
adjective
1arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later:a provisional government a provisional construction permit (of a postage stamp) put into circulation temporarily, usually owing to the unavailability of the definitive issue.
2 (Provisional) [attributive] of or relating to the unofficial wings of the Irish Republican Army and Sinn Fein established in 1969 and advocating terrorism.
noun
1a provisional postage stamp.
2 (Provisional) a member of the Provisional wings of the Irish Republican Army or Sinn Fein.
