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English

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From Latin temporarius from tempus ("time").

Adjective

temporary

  1. For a limited time, ephemeral, not constant; transient


Translations

Noun

temporary (plural: temporaries)

  1. One serving for a limited time; short-term employee.


Translations

Category:Time

fr:temporary io:temporary id:temporary kk:temporary ku:temporary hu:temporary simple:temporary fi:temporary ta:temporary te:temporary vi:temporary zh:temporary

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Temporary \Tem"po*ra*ry\, a. [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.
[1913 Webster]

Temporary government of the city. --Motley.
[1913 Webster]

Temporary star. (Astron.) See under Star.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet temporary
adj 1: not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent
factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm
cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary
housing" [syn: impermanent] [ant: permanent]
2: lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker";
"employed on a temporary basis" [syn: irregular]
Moby Dictionary
acting , ad hoc , ad interim , alternate , alternative , backup ,
band-aid , blue-collar worker , breadwinner , brittle , capricious ,
casual , casual laborer , changeable , common laborer , corruptible ,
counterfeit , dangerous , day laborer , deciduous , desultory , dummy ,
dying , employee , ephemeral , equivalent , ersatz , evanescent ,
factory worker , fading , fake , fickle , fleeting , flitting , flunky ,
fly-by-night , flying , fragile , frail , free lance , free-lancer ,
fugacious , fugitive , full-time worker , hand , hazardous , imitation ,
impermanent , impetuous , improvisational , improvised , impulsive ,
inconstant , industrial worker , infirm , insecure , insubstantial ,
interim , jackleg , jobber , jobholder , jury-rigged , laborer ,
laboring man , make-do , makeshift , makeshifty , menial , migrant ,
mock , moiler , momentary , mortal , mutable , navvy , nondurable ,
nonpermanent , office temporary , passing , perilous , perishable ,
phony , pinch , precarious , pro tem , pro tempore , proletarian ,
provisional , provisory , proxy , reserve , risky , roustabout ,
salaried worker , secondary , self-employed person , servant , shaky ,
shifting , shifty , short-lived , slippery , spare , stiff , stopgap ,
substitute , supply , temporal , tentative , ticklish , toiler , token ,
transient , transitive , transitory , treacherous , undependable ,
undurable , unenduring , unfaithworthy , unreliable , unsolid , unsound ,
unstable , unsteadfast , unsteady , unsubstantial , unsure ,
untrustworthy , utility , vicarious , volatile , wage earner ,
wage slave , wageworker , worker , workgirl , workhand , working girl ,
workingman , workingwoman , workman


TEMPORARY. That which is to last for a limited time; as, a temporary statute, or one which is limited in its operation for a particular period of time after its enactment the opposite of perpetual.
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