tentative

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. adjective under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon
  2. adjective unsettled in mind or opinion

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tentātīvus (“trying, testing”), from tentō, past participle tentātus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt.

In classic literature

Synonyms

probationary, provisional, provisionary

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