PROVISIONARY

probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative

(adjective) under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; “probationary employees”; “a provisional government”; “just a tentative schedule”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

provisionary (comparative more provisionary, superlative most provisionary)

provisional

Source: Wiktionary


Pro*vi"sion*a*ry, a.

Definition: Provisional. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.

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