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 Definitions of temporary  [ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i]  

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Definition of 'temporary' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) temporary
lasting or effective for a time only; not permanent.

2. (n.) temporary
an office worker hired, usu. through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.

Etymology:  (1540–50; < L temporārius=tempor-, s. of tempus time +-ārius -ary)

Definition of 'temporary' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (adj) temp, temporary, temporary worker
a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

2. (adj) impermanent, temporary
not permanent; not lasting
"politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing"

3. (adj) irregular, temporary
lacking continuity or regularity
"an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis"


Definition of 'temporary' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (adjective) temporary
permanent
a temporary job; It's only temporary - we'll leave next week.; temporarily out of work


Definition of 'temporary' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) temporary
lasting for a time only; existing or continuing for a limited time; not permanent; as, the patient has obtained temporary relief


Translation of 'temporary' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: lasting, acting, used etc for a (short) time only
a temporary job; He made a temporary repair.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: tydelik Arabic flag Arabic: مُؤَقَّتا Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: временен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: provisório Czech flag Czech: dočasný, prozatímní German flag German: einstweilig
Danish flag Danish: midlertidig Greek flag Greek: προσωρινός Spanish flag Spanish: temporal
Estonian flag Estonian: ajutine Farsi flag Farsi: موقت Finnish flag Finnish: väliaikainen
French flag French: temporaire Hebrew flag Hebrew: זְמָנִי Hindi flag Hindi: अस्थायी
Croatian flag Croatian: privremen Hungarian flag Hungarian: ideiglenes Indonesian flag Indonesian: sementara
Icelandic flag Icelandic: bráðabirgða- Italian flag Italian: temporaneo Japanese flag Japanese: 臨時の
Korean flag Korean: 순간의, 일시적인 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: laikinas Latvian flag Latvian: pagaidu-;īslaicīgs
Malay flag Malay: sementara Dutch flag Dutch: tijdelijk Norwegian flag Norwegian: midlertidig, provisorisk
Polish flag Polish: tymczasowy Portuguese flag Portuguese: provisório Romanian flag Romanian: temporar, provizoriu
Russian flag Russian: временный Slovak flag Slovak: dočasný Slovenian flag Slovenian: začasen
Serbian flag Serbian: privremen Swedish flag Swedish: tillfällig, temporär Thai flag Thai: ชั่วคราว
Turkish flag Turkish: geçici Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 臨時的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: тимчасовий
Urdu flag Urdu: عارضي Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: tạm thời Chinese flag Chinese: 临时的

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