provisional.

accepted or arranged for the present but subject to later revision or confirmation

Use it for

Words that belong together

• provisional conclusion
• provisional estimate
• provisional agreement

On the page

The report offers a provisional estimate pending the final count.

Our conclusion remains provisional because several records are missing.

A provisional agreement allowed negotiations to continue.

Usage notes

Primary curation section: Academic. Signals temporary or tentative standing; not necessarily weak, careless, or false. Normally non-gradable. Related adverb: provisionally.