Synonym: doubtful, probationary, provisional, provisionary. Similar words: tentatively, representative, ostentatious, orientation, presentation, argumentation, representation, implementation. Meaning: ['tentətɪv] adj. 1. under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon 2. unsettled in mind or opinion.
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181. There have been some tentative signs of green shoots in the UK over recent weeks and some economists have bravely begun to suggest that we may be at the end of the beginning.
182. Tentative as it was, the race meeting in November was a significant move towards opening the country's vast betting market.
183. George Bush attempted a tentative reform last year, but got nowhere.
184. A tentative diagnosis of subacute combined degeneration was made, and he was admitted for further investigation.
185. Please come out with your tentative ideas at the meeting.
186. Others, like the tentative agreement on a salary cut here at The Times, are the result of discussions between employers and their union employees.
187. "Whether they declare that we are in the post-peak phase or not, it will be very important for them to say that the decision is tentative," Sandman said in a telephone interview.
188. By using a combination of sources, however, scholars have developed the following tentative outline of Essene history.
189. The empirical methods in the manual procedures may be elucidated by some tentative control strategies of artificial intelligence (AI), namely, hierarchical planning and backtracking.
190. This article presents a tentative strategy in facilitating students' text understanding for ELT teachers in the teaching of reading:contextulization.
191. Our tentative conclusions are as follows: Intake of protein, fat, energy, saturated fatty acid, unsaturated fatty acid and cholesterol among the colon-cancer patients was higher than control groups.
192. It is only a tentative plan. We may make any changes as we like.
193. The theory of constructivism of western international relation offers new tentative ideation, analyzable frame and solution for the above objectivity.
194. And the mark of cohesion is good for quean tentative analysis of text coherence.
195. Now the panic is over, there are tentative signs that it is planning another push to improve the efficiency of its smokestack economy.
196. This article is a tentative investigation of the relationship between Heidegger and the Buddhistical thought.
197. Tentative budget will want whole project capital 6 billion yuan of RMBs.
198. This thesis is a tentative probe into foreign language teaching, by making use of some up-to-date psycholinguistic evidence and theories, trying to link theory into practice.
199. I consider we can draw up a tentative plan now.
200. Perhaps something tentative or undefined, as in now and again?
201. And the author uses the tentative theoretical framework to explain why neutral semantic prosody dominates the eight business trend words.
202. The limitation in determining threshold value with tentative algorithm according to some prior information on the image being processed can be avoided.
203. CIT.N) has reached a tentative deal with a bondholder group for $3 billion in rescue financing, which the lender hopes will help it avoid bankruptcy, a source close to the situation said on Sunday.
204. I consider we can do ( or form ) a tentative schedule now.
205. Could I make tentative booking for a flight to Bangkok?
206. Below is a tentative schedule of laboratory assignments for the course.
207. "General rule for performance-based seismic design of buildings" (abbreviated to General Rule) is a tentative standard,(www.Sentencedict.com) which can be of significant meaning to our country's seismic design code.
208. The relationship between the false tendon and clinical findings (murmurs, premature ventricular contraction and symptoms)was discussed, and a tentative idea was made about its mechanism.
209. A tentative discussion about the relation between the chromosomal and the organic evolution.
210. By now, there are a few discussions on bear boat hire-purchase charter party, so it is necessary for us to do some tentative discussion on this charter party itself and the relevant problems.
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