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| draft |
being a preliminary sketch or tentative version. [1/18 definitions] |
| provisional |
adopted on a temporary or tentative basis until something permanent is established; conditional. |
| speculation |
a conclusion, often tentative or hypothetical, that results from such an act or process. [1/4 definitions] |
| trial balloon |
any tentative action, statement, policy, or program that is released to test public opinion before a final version is put into effect. [1/2 definitions] |
| would |
used to make a statement of one's opinion or desire sound more tentative and therefore less assertive and potentially more acceptable to others. [1/5 definitions] |
| would like |
used as a tentative form of "want" in order to express a greater degree of politeness than "want" expresses or when the possibility of doing what one wants is not considered likely or certain. |
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