adj
Meaning 1
Temporary; pending something more permanent.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: provisional
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
provisory
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/pɹəˈvaɪzəɹi/
adj
Meaning 2
Containing a proviso or condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The provisory clause effectively excluded his otherwise logical heirs from his main inheritance.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conditional
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Dependent on a proviso or condition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- A provisory guarantee is rather like blackmail.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: conditional
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Synonym of provisional.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, philately
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: provisional
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
subject to a proviso
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a provisory clause
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Medieval Latin provisorius, from provis- (supine stem of provideo) + -orius (“-ory”).
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: väliaikainen — pending something more permanent
- Finnish: tilapäinen — pending something more permanent
- Finnish: provisorinen — pending something more permanent
- French: provisoire — pending something more permanent
- German: provisorisch — pending something more permanent
- Italian: provvisorio — pending something more permanent
- Portuguese: provisório — pending something more permanent
- Spanish: provisorio — pending something more permanent
- Finnish: ehdollinen — containing provisoes
- Finnish: ehdollinen — dependent on a condition