Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: provisional
IPA transcription: [pɹəv'ɪʒənəl]
Pronunciations of provisional
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative
    Meaning: under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"
Usage examples
  • The Fall of the Provisional Government
  • "Oh, Kerensky is guilty of the sins of the Provisional Government," answered the other man.
  • A few minutes later another, with armed soldiers on the front seat, full of arrested members of the Provisional Government.
  • In the name of the Military Revolutionary Committee Trotzky had declared that the Provisional Government no longer existed.
  • Truth to the scientific mind is something provisional, a hypothesis that for the present moment best conforms to the recognized tests.
  • Red Guards are incapable of handling a complicated business like the railways; as for the Provisional Government, it has shown itself incapable of holding the power...
  • Colonel Polkovnikov was in command of their forces, and the orders were signed by Gotz, former member of the Provisional Government, allowed at liberty on his word of honour....
  • On behalf of the Mensheviki, Khintchuk then announced that the only possibility of a peaceful solution was to begin negotiations with the Provisional Government for the formation of a new Cabinet, which would find support in all strata of society.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Confederate government of Kentucky, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording M62 motorway, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Pan (moon), License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording History of Syria, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Swastika, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording American football, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording World War I, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Janus (moon), License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Germany, License CC BY-SA 4.0