tentative
hesitant, uncertain
TRANSLATION
In the course of it, her government sabotaged Gordon Brown's TENTATIVE proposal, "a Marshall plan for Africa", deflecting his plan for Third World debt relief ... The G7 ended with another declaration that world poverty must be tackled, but with no agreement on implementing even the debt relief proposals ... (TimesOnline - Feb 8th 2005)
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
tentative = probierend, provisorisch, tastend, Versuchs-, vorläufig, vorsichtig vorantastend
tentative draft = erster Entwurf
tentative draft = erster Entwurf
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tentative
(adjective)
Etymology: Medieval Latin tentativus, from Latin tentatus, past participle of tentare, temptare to feel
Date: 1626
1 : not fully worked out or developed (tentative plans)
2 : HESITANT, UNCERTAIN (a tentative smile)
- ten-ta-tive-ly adverb
- ten-ta-tive-ness noun
Don't be tentative with the word 'tentative' it's well known in English!
Synonyms:
acting, ad interim, conjectural, contingent, dependent, experimental, iffy, indefinite, makeshift, not final, not settled, on trial, probationary, provisional, provisionary, provisory, speculative, temporary, test, trial, unconfirmed, undecided, unsettled
(adjective)
Etymology: Medieval Latin tentativus, from Latin tentatus, past participle of tentare, temptare to feel
Date: 1626
1 : not fully worked out or developed (tentative plans)
2 : HESITANT, UNCERTAIN (a tentative smile)
- ten-ta-tive-ly adverb
- ten-ta-tive-ness noun
Don't be tentative with the word 'tentative' it's well known in English!
Synonyms:
acting, ad interim, conjectural, contingent, dependent, experimental, iffy, indefinite, makeshift, not final, not settled, on trial, probationary, provisional, provisionary, provisory, speculative, temporary, test, trial, unconfirmed, undecided, unsettled
