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21temporary — adjective 1 lasting for only a limited period of time: A lot of work now is temporary or part time. | The accident caused a temporary disability. 2 intended to be used for only a limited period of time: The council have placed us in temporary… …
22temporary — tem•po•rar•y [[t]ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i[/t]] adj. n. pl. rar•ies 1) lasting or effective for a time only; not permanent 2) bus an office worker hired, usu. through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time • Etymology: 1540–50; < L… …
23temporary — adj. VERBS ▪ be ▪ The arrangement s only temporary. ADVERB ▪ very ▪ strictly ▪ merely …
24temporary — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. impermanent, irregular, seasonal, provisional, momentary, brief, fleeting, transitory; stopgap, makeshift, ersatz. See transientness. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. transitory, transient, fleeting,… …
25temporary — adjective 1) temporary accommodation Syn: provisional, short term, interim, makeshift, stopgap, acting, fill in, stand in, caretaker 2) a temporary loss of self control Syn: brief …
26temporary — /ˈtɛmpri / (say tempree), / prəri/ (say pruhree) adjective 1. lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need. 2. (of an employee) not on the permanent staff and therefore not enjoying job security or… …
27temporary — adj. & n. adj. lasting or meant to last only for a limited time (temporary buildings; temporary relief). n. (pl. ies) a person employed temporarily (cf. TEMP). Derivatives: temporarily adv. temporariness n. Etymology: L temporarius f. tempus oris …
28temporary — See temporal, temporary …
29temporary — Synonyms and related words: 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… …
30temporary — [16] Temporary was adapted from Latin temporārius, a derivative of tempus ‘time’. The origins of this are not certain, but it could go back ultimately to the prehistoric base *ten ‘stretch’ (source of English tend, tense, thin, etc), in which… …
