different between guarded vs tentative

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /????d?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????d?d/

Verb

guarded

1. simple past tense and past participle of guard

Adjective

guarded (comparative more guarded, superlative most guarded)

1. Cautious; restrained.
2. Watched over; supervised.
3. (medicine, often euphemistic) Not favourable.

Translations

English

Etymology

French tentatif, from Latin tentativus (“trying, testing”), from tento, past participle tentatus (“to try, test”); see tent, tempt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?t?nt?t?v/
• Hyphenation: ten?ta?tive

Noun

tentative (plural tentatives)

1. A trial; an experiment; an attempt.

Adjective

tentative (comparative more tentative, superlative most tentative)

1. Of or pertaining to a trial or trials; essaying; experimental.
2. Uncertain; subject to future change.

Derived terms

• tentativeness
• tentatively

Antonyms

• (subject to future change): conclusive, definitive, certain

Translations

Further reading

• tentative in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tentative in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• attentive

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin tent?t?va, from tent? (“to attempt”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t??.ta.tiv/

Noun

tentative f (plural tentatives)

1. attempt, try, effort

   Synonym: essai

Related terms

• tenter

Further reading

• “tentative” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

tentative

1. inflection of tentativ:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular