provisional

US /prəˈvɪʒ.ən.əl/

UK /prəˈvɪʒ.ən.əl/

1.

仮

a provisional postage stamp.

2.

仮

a member of the Provisional wings of the Irish Republican Army or Sinn Fein.

1.

仮

arranged or existing for the present, possibly to be changed later.

:

•

a provisional construction permit

:

interim temporary pro tem transitional changeover stopgap short-term fill-in make-do acting caretaker working conditional qualified tentative contingent makeshift improvised preliminary unfinished provisory

:

permanent definite

2.

仮

relating to the unofficial wings of the Irish Republican Army and Sinn Fein established in 1969 and advocating terrorism.

:

•

the Provisional IRA