Tentative Definition
Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
Uncertain; subject to future change.
A trial; an experiment.
Other Word Forms of Tentative
Noun
Origin of Tentative
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From French tentatif, from Latin tentativus (“trying, testing"), from tento, past participle tentatus (“to try, test"); see tent, tempt.
From Wiktionary
Medieval Latin tentātīvus from Latin tentātus past participle of tentāre to try variant of temptāre
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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