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    [Adjective]  | "pro*vi*sion*al" | \ prə-ˈvizh-nəl \


    1: serving for the time being : temporary


    Origin: 1601 ;

    [Noun]  | "provisional" 


    1: a postage stamp for use until a regular issue appears


    Origin: 1886 ;

    [Noun]  | "provisional licence" 


    1: a document that allows a person to learn how to drive a car

    [Adjective]  | "provisional" 


    1: intended to last, continue, or serve for a limited time;


      * e.g., " ... will form a provisional government until a new leader can be elected "





    2: serving in a position for the time being;


      * e.g., " ... he was appointed provisional executor of the industrialist's vast estate "





     [ "provisional" ]

    1: Some one who like to hoe around a more subtle term for a whore

      * e.g.,  ... She's my provisional 

     [ "Provisionalism" ]

    1: Pro·vi·sion·al·ism: listening with an open mind, openness to new possibilities.

      * e.g.,  ... Thomas Jefferson believed in provisionalism. He argued that because no generation has a right to bind subsequent generations, the Constitution should expire every 19 years. 

     [ "Provisionalism" ]

    1: Pro-Visional-ism: Vision being the ability to see the future in this sense and pro being an influence, that being said provisionalism means having an influence on the future.

      * e.g.,  ... rebellion is an idea of provisionalism 

     [ "Provisional Vote" ]

    1: A vote coming from the morons of certain areas of a country, who have no idea where to go to vote so they hit up any voting place they can; causing votes that cannot be counted for up to 10 days delaying an election.

      * e.g.,  ... Save it for the last minute voter. 

     [ "french provisional" ]

    1: Usually a misspelling of the words 'French Provincial', could also refer to a line of cardboard temporary furniture in the French Provincial style.

      * e.g.,  ... "I won't be living here long, so I'll just furnish the place with some french provisional furniture." 

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