- providing or serving for the time being only; existing only until permanently or properly replaced; temporary: a provisional government.
- accepted or adopted tentatively; conditional; contingent.
- of or being the wing of the Irish Republican Army that follows a policy of violence.
- a stamp that serves temporarily, pending the appearance of the regular issue, or during a temporary shortage of the regular stamps.
- a provisional member of a group.
- a member of the Provisional wing of the Irish Republican Army.
- subject to later alteration; temporary or conditional
- a postage stamp surcharged during an emergency to alter the stamp's denomination or significance until a new or regular issue is printed
- of, designating, or relating to the unofficial factions of the IRA and Sinn Féin that became increasingly dominant following a split in 1969. The Provisional movement remained committed to a policy of terrorism until its ceasefires of the mid-1990s
- a member of the Provisional IRA or Sinn Féin
