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Definition: Probationary |
ProbationaryAdjective1. Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "probationary" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1842. (references) |
Synonyms: ProbationarySynonyms: provisional (adj), provisionary (adj), tentative (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Essay | Adjective: essaying; Verb: experimental; tentative, empirical, probationary. |
Experiment | Probative, probatory, probationary, provisional; analytic, docimastic; tentative;unverified, unproven, speculative, untested. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Probationary |
| English words defined with "probationary": Probational, Probatory. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "probationary": Alien ♦ POLICE-ACADEMY INSTRUCTOR. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Children | Grenada | The Social Welfare Division within the Ministry of Labor provides probationary and rehabilitative services to youths, day care services and social work programs to families, assistance to families wishing to adopt or provide foster care to children, and financial assistance to the six children's homes run by private organizations. (references) |
Civil Liberties | Pakistan | NGO's are required to register with the Government under the "Cooperative Societies and Companies" Ordinance of 1960. NGO's usually register through the Ministry of Social Welfare and must submit to a 6-month probationary period during which the Government tracks their activities. (references) |
Germany | The Court found that wearing a headscarf did not constitute cause for denial of employment and instructed the authorities to admit the teacher into probationary civil service status. (references) | |
Economic History | Tunisia | U.S. FIRMS SHOULD ALSO CONSIDER FIXED-SHORT-TERM INITIAL CONTRACTS TO COVER A PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR THE PROSPECTIVE PARTNER. (references) |
Latvia | The first three months of employment can be considered probationary, and during this time employees may freely resign or be dismissed without notice (many foreign managers use this to weed out anyone who does not fit the job). (references) | |
Guatemala | The law establishes a two-month probationary period for new employees. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guyana | Since then the Parole Board has become more active, but continued to be reluctant to release prisoners due to insufficient post-release resources, including a lack of probationary staff. (references) |
Political Rights | Armenia | According to the Procurator General's office 12 persons eventually went to prison for the Achapianak disturbances; of those eight were sentenced to 2 years each, while the remaining four got probationary terms of 16 to 20 months and were released on probation. (references) |
Worker Rights | Argentina | The Labor Reform Law lengthened the probationary period for new workers to between 90 and 120 days for large companies and to between 6 months and 1 year for small businesses. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ALIEN, n. An American sovereign in his probationary state. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Probationary" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Probationary" is used about 74 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 74 | 38,813 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "probationary": probationary period ♦ probationary process ♦ probationary rate ♦ probationary sentence. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
period probationary | 8 |
probationary | 4 |
probationary employee | 3 |
bank exam in indian officer probationary | 2 |
employment period probationary | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "probationary"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | provues (demonstrative, evincive, probative, tentative, test, tester), stazhi, i liruar me kusht (on parole, on probation, probationer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مع وقف التفيذ, مع التجربة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | подложен на проверка, подложен на изпитание. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 试" (Probation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zkušební. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | proeveaar (probationary year), proeve (period of probation, probationary period), udtalelse ved proevetidens udloeb (report at the expiry of the probationary period), betingelser for proeveloesladelse (probationary condition). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | proeftijd (period of probation, probation, probation period, probationary period, proving period, run-in period), proefjaar (probationary year), voorwaardelijke veroordeling (respite for a probationary period to prisoner convicted for the first time, verdict to be executed in case of second offence), voorwaardelijke niet-tenuitvoerlegging (respite for a probationary period to prisoner convicted for the first time, verdict to be executed in case of second offence), voorwaardelijk uitstel van tenuitvoerlegging van straffen met proeftijd (respite for a probationary period to prisoner convicted for the first time, verdict to be executed in case of second offence), beoordeling aan het einde van de proeftijd (report at the expiry of the probationary period). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | وابسته به التزام , وابسته به دوره کاراموزی یاازمایشی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | vaalisaarna (probationary sermon), rangaistuksen täytäntöönpanon lykkääminen koetusajaksi (respite for a probationary period to prisoner convicted for the first time, verdict to be executed in case of second offence), koeaika (probation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | d'essai, de sursis, avec mise l'épreuve. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | probe- (exploratory, sample, shakedown), bewährungs-. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | δοκιμαστικόσ (probational, tentative, trial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | próbaidejét töltő (probational), próbaidős (probational), gyakorlóéves (probational). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | di prova, di libert vigilata. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 外交官補 (probationary diplomat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | がい"うか"ほ (probationary diplomat). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | prowallagh (probationer, probative, provable, test, trial). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | obationarypray relativo a noviciado, relativo a estágio. (various references) находящийся на испытании, испытательный (test). (various references) probni (experimental, tentative, test), uslovni (conditional, conditioned). (various references) de prueba (corrective, test, testing, trial). (various references) prov-. (various references) staj süresi (probation period, training), deneme süresi (probation, probation period, qualifying period, trial period). (various references) іспитовий (probative, probatory), випробний (check, probing, proving). (various references) đang trong thời gian thử thách. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "probationary" (pronounced prōbā"shune'rē) |
| 7 | -ā" sh u n e' r ē | deflationary, disinflationary, inflationary, noninflationary, stationary, stationery. |
| 6 | -sh u n e' r ē | cautionary, concessionary, confectionary, confectionery, counterrevolutionary, dictionary, discretionary, evolutionary, expansionary, expeditionary, functionary, missionary, reactionary, recessionary, revolutionary. |
| 5 | -u n e' r ē | bicentenary, cardiopulmonary, centenary, coronary, culinary, disciplinary, diversionary, exclusionary, extraordinary, illusionary, imaginary, interdisciplinary, luminary, mercenary, ordinary, preliminary, pulmonary, seminary, urinary, veterinary, visionary. |
| 4 | -n e' r ē | quaternary. |
| 3 | -e' r ē | actuary, adversary, ancillary, apothecary, arbitrary, aviary, beneficiary, Blackberry, blueberry, budgetary, capillary, Cassowary, cemetery, cometary, commentary, commissary, Constabulary, contemporary, corollary, cranberry, customary, depositary, Dewberry, dietary, dignitary, Dogberry, dromedary, dysentery, emissary, epistolary, estuary, fiduciary, formulary, fragmentary, funerary, gooseberry, hackberry, hereditary, honorary, Huckleberry, interplanetary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lapidary, legendary, library, literary, military, momentary, monastery, monetary, mortuary, mulberry, necessary, nonmilitary, obituary, paramilitary, pecuniary, pituitary, planetary, primary, proprietary, raspberry, Rosemary, salutary, sanctuary, sanitary, savagery, secondary, secretary, sedentary, semilegendary, solitary, statuary, strawberry, subsidiary, temporary, Tilbury, topiary, tributary, undersecretary, unitary, unnecessary, unsanitary, vocabulary. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-b-i-n-o-o-p-r-r-t-y" | |
-3 letters: probation, probatory, proration. | |
-4 letters: abortion, pronator, roborant. | |
-5 letters: airboat, airport, atropin, biotron, biparty, oration, oratory, parroty, patroon, portion, portray, probity, pronota, robotry, taborin, topiary, trinary. | |
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