What part of speech is provisional?

Provisional can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. provisional is a noun, singular of provisionals.
  • 2. provisional is an adjective, not comparable.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • Not comparable
    Not comparable
  • Positive: provisional 
  • Comparative: Not comparable
  • Superlative: Not comparable

Adjective to adverb

What does provisional mean?

Definitions

Adjective

provisional - under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule"

Noun

provisional - A postage stamp issued locally before an official issue is released.

Examples of provisional

#   Sentence  
1. adj. A provisional government.
2. adj. I think it's a good idea since the provisional application is on file - Travis is the internal lawyer who has taken care of the patent application so he will have better ideas for where the words should be placed and appropriate look and feel (I would guess near the copyright notice and roughly equivalent size).
3. adj. We'll have our firm's attorneys look through the provisional agreement.
4. adj. I've got a provisional licence.
5. adj. Discussions were held debating the merits of appointing a provisional government to serve until formal elections could take place.
6. adj. After the revolution, a provisional government ruled.
7. adj. The provisional government set up by the leader of the separatists is totally ignored and unrecognized by our national authorities.
8. adj. Not a single country in the world recognizes or has official contacts with the so-called provisional government set up by the microscopic separatist group in Paris.
9. adj. The European Union announced a provisional agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030.
Sentence  
adj.
A provisional government.
I think it's a good idea since the provisional application is on file - Travis is the internal lawyer who has taken care of the patent application so he will have better ideas for where the words should be placed and appropriate look and feel (I would guess near the copyright notice and roughly equivalent size).
We'll have our firm's attorneys look through the provisional agreement.
I've got a provisional licence.
Discussions were held debating the merits of appointing a provisional government to serve until formal elections could take place.
After the revolution, a provisional government ruled.
The provisional government set up by the leader of the separatists is totally ignored and unrecognized by our national authorities.
Not a single country in the world recognizes or has official contacts with the so-called provisional government set up by the microscopic separatist group in Paris.
The European Union announced a provisional agreement to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030.

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