temporary

Noun · Adjective
US[tem-per-er-ee]/ˈtɛmpɚˌɛri/4 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. not permanent; not lasting“politics is an impermanent factor of life — James Thurber”“impermanent palm cottages”“a temporary arrangement”“temporary housing”Synonyms: impermanentSimilar ephemeral, acting, temporal, interim, improvised, working, pro tem, terminable +4 moreRelates to permanence, permanencySee also unstable
  2. lacking continuity or regularity“an irregular worker”“employed on a temporary basis”Synonyms: irregularOpposite full-timeSimilar part-time, part time

Noun (1)

  1. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basisSynonyms: temptemporary workerType of workerKinds hobo, migrant worker
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Translations

Adjective for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant

Spanish
temporal
Italian
temporaneo
Portuguese
temporário
Turkish
geçici
Russian
вре́менный vrémennyj
Arabic
مُؤَقَّت muʔaqqat
Chinese
暂时 zànshí
21 more languages
Swedish
temporär
Greek
προσωρινός prosorinós
Vietnamese
tạm thời
Hungarian
ideiglenes
Portuguese (PT)
temporário
Chinese (Trad.)
暫時 zànshí, zhànshí, zǎnshí
Catalan
temporal
Esperanto
iama
Georgian
დროებითი droebiti
Lithuanian
laikinas
Malagasy
vonjimaika
Norwegian
midlertidig
Romanian
temporar
Scottish Gaelic
sealach
Serbo-Croatian
privremen
Yiddish
צײַטווײַליק cajtwajlik

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tem′po·ra·ry adjective

Origin: L. temporarius, fr. tempus, temporis, time: cf. F. temporaire.

Lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief.

Temporary government of the city.— John Lothrop Motley

Temporary star. Astronomy See under Star.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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