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Tentative

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Adjective

1. probationary, provisional, provisionary, tentative

under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon

Example Sentences:
'probationary employees'
'a provisional government'
'just a tentative schedule'

2. doubtful, tentative

unsettled in mind or opinion

Example Sentences:
'drew a few tentative conclusions'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Tentative

see synonyms of tentative
adjective
1. 
provisional or experimental; conjectural
2. 
hesitant, uncertain, or cautious

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Tentative

see synonyms of tentative
adjective
1. 
made, done, proposed, etc. experimentally or provisionally; not definite or final
tentative plans, a tentative explanation
2. 
indicating timidity, hesitancy, or uncertainty
a tentative caress

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.


Tentative

see synonyms of tentative
adj.
1. Not fully worked out, concluded, or agreed on; provisional: tentative plans.
2. Indicating a lack of confidence or certainty; hesitant: tentative steps toward the podium.

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