provisory

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

from proviso from Middle English, from the Middle Latin loose ablative proviso quid 'provided that'; notably from the first word, being the inflected past participle provisus of providere 'to provide, see to', itself from pro- + videre 'to see') + -ory

AdjectiveEdit

provisory (comparative more provisory, superlative most provisory)

1. containing (a) proviso(es)

   The provisory clause effectively excluded his otherwise logical heirs from his main inheritance

2. dependent on a condition (proviso)

   A provisory guarantee is rather like blackmail

3. pending something more permanent

SynonymsEdit

• (relating to a proviso) conditional
• (pending something) provisional, temporary, transitory

Derived termsEdit

• provisorily

Related termsEdit

• provide, provided
• providing
• provident
• provider

TranslationsEdit

containing provisoes

• Finnish: ehdollinen

dependent on a condition

• Finnish: ehdollinen

pending something more permanent

• Finnish: väliaikainen (fi), tilapäinen (fi), provisorinen