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probationary

probationary adjective: of, pertaining to, or subject to probation.

Adjective

probationary (comparative more probationary, superlative most probationary)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation

Noun

probationary (plural probationaries)

  1. An employee who is still in their probationary period.

probationary meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

probationary in Tamil

தகுதிகாண் பருவகால, பருவநிலை

probationary in Bengali

পরীক্ষাধীন অবস্থা সংক্রান্ত, তার অন্তর্ভুক্ত

probationary in Kannada

ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಯಲ್ಲಿರುವ, ಪರೀಕ್ಷಾರ್ಥಕ

Forms of probationary

Adjective
comparativemore probationary
superlativemost probationary
Noun
pluralprobationaries

Origin of probationary

From probation + -ary.

Words formed from probationary

Phrases with probationary

Questions about probationary

What does probationary mean?
Probationary means of, pertaining to, or subject to probation.
What is probationary in Tamil?
Probationary in Tamil is தகுதிகாண் பருவகால, பருவநிலை. See Probationary meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is probationary?
Probationary can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near probationary in the dictionary

  1. probation officers
  2. probational
  3. probationally
  4. probationaries
  5. probationarily
  6. probationary
  7. probationary period
  8. probationary periods
  9. probationatory
  10. probationer
  11. probationerhood

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Adapted from Wiktionary: probationary (page history and authors); probationary (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); probationary (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); probationary (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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