Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

provisionary

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pro-vi-sion-ary
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Example Sentences

"The good news in the Case-Shiller index, the most widely watched source of price information about the housing market, is equally provisionary."

Etymology

From provision + -ary.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: provision

Inflected Forms

more provisionary (comparative) most provisionary (superlative)

Synonyms

probationary provisional tentative

Questions

What does provisionary mean?: provisional
Where does provisionary come from?: From provision + -ary.

How to pronounce provisionary

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