1 (of an arrangement, agreement, etc.) not definite or certain because you may want to change it later:
We made a tentative arrangement to meet again next Friday. * He reached some tentative conclusions about the possible cause of the accident.
2 not behaving or done with confidence
SYNHESITANT:
a tentative smile / nod / greeting * Her English is correct but tentative. * I'm taking the first tentative steps towards fitness.
tentatively adverb:
They have tentatively agreed to our proposal. * She smiled tentatively.
tentativeness noun [U]
Rate this entry
About this entry
This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
Where does this definition of tentative come from?
This entry for tentative is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is tentative a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, tentative is tagged as adjective.
Does tentative appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — tentative appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
What is Lughet?
Lughet is a free trilingual dictionary covering nearly five million entries across Uyghur, Chinese, and English, drawn from more than ten source dictionaries and corpora.
