Word of the Day – Provisional

Provisional – WORD OF THE DAY (for Speaking and Writing Task 2)

Provisional (adjective) /prəˈvɪʒənl/

Temporary, for the time being

Synonym: Tentative

Collocation: 
a provisional government
provisional arrangements

Example:

• The actual state of our knowledge is always provisional and … there must be, beyond what is actually known, immense new regions to discover.
• Science is like literature, a continuing dialog among diverse and conflicting voices, no one ever wholly right or wholly wrong, but a steady conversation forever provisional and personal and living.