probationary

pro·ba·tion  (pr-bshn)

n.

1. A process or period in which a person's fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, is tested.

2.

a. Law The act of suspending the sentence of a person convicted of a criminal offense and granting that person provisional freedom on the promise of good behavior.

b. A discharge for a person from commitment as an insane person on condition of continued sanity and of being recommitted upon the reappearance of insanity.

3. A trial period in which a student is given time to try to redeem failing grades or bad conduct.

4. The status of a person on probation.

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[Middle English probacion, a testing, from Old French probation, from Latin probti, probtin-, from probtus, past participle of probre, to test; see prove.]

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pro·bation·al adj.

pro·bation·al·ly adv.

pro·bation·ary adj.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

probationary - under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" provisional, provisionary, tentative conditional - imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid"

Translations

probationary [prəˈbeɪʃənrɪ] adj probationary period → período de prueba

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probationary [prəˈbeɪʃənrɪ] adj [period] → d'essai

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probationary [prəˈbeɪʃənrɪ] probation adj [period] → Probe-

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probationary [prəuˈbeɪʃənərɪ] adj probationary period → periodo di prova