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tentative

CEFR: C1

Provisional, exploratory, or undertaken as an initial trial without definitive commitment.

Synonyms

provisional
exploratory

Common Collocations

tentative conclusion
tentative agreement
tentative steps

Example Sentence

The lead research team published tentative conclusions pending peer verification of the laboratory findings.

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