Meaning

2 senses

  1. A trial; an experiment; an attempt.

  2. (Malaysia)A schedule for an event or a programme.

Examples

8 sentences

  1. I've made a tentative deal with Tom.

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  2. I have a tentative schedule.

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  3. All the proposals are tentative.

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  4. All dates are tentative.

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  5. The parties have reached a tentative agreement.

    deDie Parteien haben eine provisorische Vereinbarung getroffen. — bigfellow68

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Origin

From Medieval Latin tentātīvus (“trying, testing”), from tentō, past participle tentātus (

From Medieval Latin tentātīvus (“trying, testing”), from tentō, past participle tentātus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt.

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Forms

plural: tentatives
Singulartentative
Pluraltentatives

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tentB1tentacletentativelytenth
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