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Probationary   /proʊbˈeɪʃənˌɛri/   Listen
Probationary

adjective
1.
Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon.  Synonyms: provisional, provisionary, tentative.  "A provisional government" , "Just a tentative schedule"






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"Probationary" Quotes from Famous Books



... himself the whole responsibility of Frank's future prospects—the marriage scheme was to be considered, from that moment, as at an end. If, on the other hand, the result to which Mr. Vanstone confidently looked forward really occurred—if Frank's probationary year proved his claim to the most precious trust that could be placed in his hands—then Magdalen herself should reward him with all that a woman can bestow; and the future, which his present employers had placed before him as the result of a ...
— No Name • Wilkie Collins

... from the eye of the police. This idea sprang from the brain of Mr. Teddy Henfrey. No crime of any magnitude dating from the middle or end of February was known to have occurred. Elaborated in the imagination of Mr. Gould, the probationary assistant in the National School, this theory took the form that the stranger was an Anarchist in disguise, preparing explosives, and he resolved to undertake such detective operations as his time permitted. These consisted for the most part in looking very hard ...
— The Invisible Man • H. G. Wells

... results were obtained in subsequently reconciling, after a desertion, a couple whose marriage had been of the forced description. The probation department arranged for the couple to live apart in the early stage of probationary treatment. A careful study was made of each of the individuals, and in their sincere attachment a basis was discovered for re-establishment of the home under the supervision of the probation officer. Five years later ...
— Broken Homes - A Study of Family Desertion and its Social Treatment • Joanna C. Colcord



Words linked to "Probationary" :   conditional, tentative, provisional, provisionary, probation



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