provisional

 
Pronunciation: /prəˈvɪʒ(ə)n(ə)l/

adjective

  • 1arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later: a provisional government provisional bookings
  • British (of a driving licence) to be obtained before starting to learn to drive and upgraded to a full licence on passing a driving test: Norman as yet had only a provisional licence
  • (of a postage stamp) put into circulation temporarily, usually owing to the unavailability of the definitive issue.
  • 2 (Provisional) denoting the unofficial wings of the IRA and Sinn Fein established in 1969 and advocating terrorism: the Provisional IRA

noun

  • 1a provisional stamp.
  • 2 (Provisional) a member of the Provisional wings of the IRA or Sinn Fein.

Derivatives

provisionality

Pronunciation: /-ˈnalɪti/
noun