probationary
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pro·ba·tion
(prō-bā′shən)n.
1. A process or period in which a person's fitness, as for work or membership in a social group, is tested.
2. Law
a. A criminal sentence consisting of a term of imprisonment that is suspended provided certain terms and conditions are met.
b. The status of serving such a criminal sentence.
3. Release of a person from commitment for insanity, subject to reversal in the event of a relapse into insanity.
4. A trial period in which a student is given time to try to redeem failing grades or bad conduct.
[Middle English probacion, a testing, from Old French probation, from Latin probātiō, probātiōn-, from probātus, past participle of probāre, to test; see prove.]
pro·ba′tion·al adj.
pro·ba′tion·al·ly adv.
pro·ba′tion·ar′y adj.
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Adj. | 1. | probationary - under terms not final or fully worked out or agreed upon; "probationary employees"; "a provisional government"; "just a tentative schedule" conditional - imposing or depending on or containing a condition; "conditional acceptance of the terms"; "lent conditional support"; "the conditional sale will not be complete until the full purchase price is paid" |
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Translations
تَجْريبي، لِمُراقَبَة المَحْكوم عَلَيْه
zkušební
próba-
reynslu-; á skilorîi
deneme türünden
probationary
[prəˈbeɪʃnərɪ]A. ADJ → de prueba
B. CPD probationary period N (Jur) → período m de libertad condicional (fig) → período m de prueba
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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[prəˈbeɪʃn/ərɪ] adj (year, period) → di prova; (teacher, nurse) → in prova (Law) → di libertà vigilataCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
probation
(prəˈbeiʃən) , ((American) prou-) noun1. the system allowing people who have broken the law to go free on condition that they commit no more crimes and report regularly to a social worker.
2. (in certain jobs) a period of time during which a person is carefully watched to see that he is capable of the job.
proˈbationary adjectiveprobation officer noun
be/put on probation
to (cause to) undergo a period of probation.
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