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Definition of Tentative
1. Adjective. Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon. "Just a tentative schedule"
Similar to: Conditional
Derivative terms: Probation, Probation, Provision
2. Adjective. Unsettled in mind or opinion. "Drew a few tentative conclusions"
Definition of Tentative
1. a. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
2. n. An essay; a trial; an experiment.
Definition of Tentative
1. Noun. A trial; an experiment. ¹
2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental. ¹
3. Adjective. Uncertain; subject to future change. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tentative
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tentative
Literary usage of Tentative
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Materials of Construction by Harry E. Pulver (1922)
"D 62-20 T. Tentative Specifications for Workability of Concrete for Concrete
Pavements. ... D 68-20 T. Tentative General Specifications for Wooden Boxes, ..."
2. Science of Education by Richard Gause Boone (1904)
"CHAPTER IV Tentative CHARACTERISTICS OF EDUCATION LITTLE attempt has been, or
will be, made to formulate exclusive definitions of education, though this and ..."
3. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1903)
"The purpose of this paper is to present one or two cases of retroactive amnesia
and suggest a tentative explanation; but first a brief discussion of ..."
4. Algebra: An Elementary Text Book for the Higher Classes of Secondary Schools by George Chrystal (1904)
"When factors of the 1st degree with rational integral coefficients are known to
exist, it is usually not difficult to find them by a tentative process, ..."
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