how to pronounce provisional

/pɹəˈvɪʒ.ən.əl/

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provisional is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of provisional in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… known as provisional application of the …”

meaning of provisional

Provisional means temporary, not final.

provisional frequency in english - C1 level of CEFR

the word provisional occurs in english on average 9.2 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics provisional can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that provisional can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;