adj
Meaning 1
Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
probationary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: P R OW0 B EY1 SH AH0 N EH2 R IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An employee who is still in their probationary period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- probationary employees
- a provisional government
- just a tentative schedule
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: provisional, provisionary, tentative
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English probation Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English probationary From probation + -ary.
Across languages
Translations
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: изпитателен (izpitatelen) — Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
- Polish: próbny — Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
- Polish: przygotowawczy — Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation