Associations to the word «Probationary»

Wiktionary

PROBATIONARY, adjective. Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
PROBATIONARY PERIOD, noun. A period during which a new employee is tried for capability of doing his or her job.

Dictionary definition

PROBATIONARY, adjective. Under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope