The meaning of Provisional

noun

The art or occupation of performing fictional roles in plays, films, or television.

Usage examples:

She studied acting in new york

adjective

Temporarily doing the duties of another person.

Usage examples:

The acting supervisor

verb

Take action; do something.

Usage examples:

They urged washington to act

noun

A person employed to look after a building.

Usage examples:

He works as a college caretaker

noun

A person employed to take care of a large building or property, doing cleaning, repairs, gardening, or other jobs

Usage examples:

The building’s caretaker reported the fire.

noun

A person who is employed to take care of a large building, such as a school or office building, and to deal with the cleaning, repairs, etc.

Usage examples:

He lived on the ground floor of the apartment block, where he worked as a caretaker., a building/sc…

noun

A change from one system or situation to another.

Usage examples:

The changeover from handicraft to mechanized manufacture

adjective

Subject to one or more conditions or requirements being met.

Usage examples:

The consortium have made a conditional offer

noun

A conditional clause or conjunction.

Usage examples:

Let us turn now, though, to subjunctive conditionals contextualism.

adjective

Relating to a sentence, often starting with "if" or "unless," in which one half expresses something which depends on the other half

Usage examples:

The sales is conditional on approval from government regulators.

phrasal verb

Supply with information on a specific topic

phrasal verb

To do someone else’s job temporarily

Usage examples:

The gym teacher was sick today, so a substitute filled in for her., we filled her in on all the lat…

phrasal verb

To write or type information on a document in spaces that are provided for it

Usage examples:

Companies will encourage customers to fill in questionnaires about themselves., please print off a …

noun

The intervening time.

Usage examples:

In the interim i'll just keep my fingers crossed

adjective

In or for the intervening period; provisional.

Usage examples:

An interim arrangement

adverb

Meanwhile.

idiom

To manage to live without things that you would like to have or with things of a worse quality than you would like

Usage examples:

We didn't have cupboards so we made do with boxes., you can't make him go if he doesn't want to., t…

adjective

Officially recognized as being trained to perform a particular job; certified.

Usage examples:

Newly qualified nurses

verb

Be entitled to a particular benefit or privilege by fulfilling a necessary condition.

Usage examples:

A pensioner who does not qualify for income support

adjective

Having the standard of skill, knowledge, or ability that is necessary for doing or being something

Usage examples:

She was extraordinarily well qualified to run the state department.

adjective

Happening, existing, or continuing for only a little time

Usage examples:

Short-term interest rates are going down.

noun

→  short run

Usage examples:

These risks are short-term and manageable., stability involves balancing short-term and long-term o…

noun

A temporary way of dealing with a problem or satisfying a need.

Usage examples:

Transplants are only a stopgap until more sophisticated alternatives can work

noun

Something that can be used until something better or more permanent can be obtained

Usage examples:

Housing the homeless in shelters has to be seen as a stopgap measure.

adjective

Lasting for only a limited period of time; not permanent.

Usage examples:

A temporary job

noun

A person employed on a temporary basis, typically an office worker who finds employment through an agency.

Usage examples:

To gain flexibility, companies are bringing in temporaries or contracting out work

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of a process or period of transition.

Usage examples:

A transitional government was appointed

adjective

Relating to a process of change from one system, method, etc. to another

Usage examples:

Increases in the business rate are tied to inflation, but decisions over transitional relief and ai…

adjective

Having paid employment.

Usage examples:

The size of the working population

noun

The action of doing work.

Usage examples:

Working with animals teaches patience

verb

Be engaged in physical or mental activity in order to achieve a result; do work.

Usage examples:

She has been working so hard