What does makeshift mean?
Definitions for makeshift
ˈmeɪkˌʃɪftmakeshift
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word makeshift.
Princeton's WordNet
makeshift, stopgap, make-doadjective
something contrived to meet an urgent need or emergency
improvised, jury-rigged, makeshiftadjective
done or made using whatever is available
"crossed the river on improvised bridges"; "the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear"; "the rock served as a makeshift hammer"
GCIDE
makeshiftnoun
That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient, with implication of inferiority to the more usual object or means. James Mill.
Wiktionary
makeshiftnoun
A temporary, usually insubstantial, substitution for something else.
makeshiftadjective
Made to work or suffice; improvised; substituted.
They used the ledge and a few branches for a makeshift shelter.
ChatGPT
makeshift
Makeshift refers to something that is temporary, quickly made, or used as a substitute because the proper or original item is not available. It's often characterized by being less ideal or less effective than the optimal or desired solution.
Webster Dictionary
Makeshiftnoun
that with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of makeshift in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of makeshift in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of makeshift in a Sentence
Then we must secure our borders even more, to protect internal borders is a makeshift solution. But we have to be prepared.
The hydrotechnical structure was built in a makeshift way, as I surmise, in violation of all conceivable and inconceivable standards.
I'm just very clear : people are not going to live in makeshift dangerous housing, we should have never allowed that to happen.
Many families with young children and the elderly have been left homeless. They are living in makeshift shelters on embankments and river banks, for well over a month people's coping mechanisms have been worn down by successive waves of flooding. Cyclone Komen made a bad situation even worse. There are high levels of vulnerability in these communities which must not be neglected.
It's an extremely makeshift, temporary answer to a very complex problem, it doesn't work for long, living in a motel, especially a crowded motel. It is a terrible situation for a young child.
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Translations for makeshift
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- provisionalCatalan, Valencian
- Notlösung, behelfsmäßig, Notbehelf, Provisorium, provisorischGerman
- provisional, apaño, improvisaciónSpanish
- hätävara -, tilapäis-, hätävaraFinnish
- de fortuneFrench
- sealachScottish Gaelic
- fortinHaitian Creole
- improvvisato, improvvisazione, di fortuna, ripiegoItalian
- noodoplossing, provisorischDutch
- improvisert, nødløsningNorwegian
- prowizoryczny, prowizorkaPolish
- improviso, improvisadoPortuguese
- самодельный, временная замена, временное приспособление, временный, импровизированныйRussian
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