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English
Etymology
From probation + -ary.
Pronunciation
Adjective
probationary (comparative more probationary, superlative most probationary)
- Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
Derived terms
Translations
Of, pertaining to, or subject to probation
Noun
probationary (plural probationaries)
- An employee who is still in their probationary period.
Further reading
- “probationary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E Smith, editors (1911), “probationary”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.