TEMPORARY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of temporary in English temporaryadjective uk /ˈtem.pər.ər.i/ /ˈtem.prər.i/ us /ˈtem.pə.rer.i/ Add to word list Add to word list B1 not lasting or needed for very long: The ceasefire will only provide a temporary solution to the crisis. temporary staff Compare permanent adjective temporary

• temporaryThis is just a temporary solution.
• disposableI bought a disposable camera at the airport.
• makeshiftWe built a makeshift shelter under the trees.
• short-livedI had a few relationships at university, most of which were fairly short-lived.
• provisionalAfter the war, a provisional government was set up.

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• The salaries of temporary employees ought to be brought into line with those of permanent staff.
• Don't worry, his depression is only temporary - it'll soon pass.
• She has managed to obtain a temporary residence permit.
• The injection provided a temporary reprieve from the pain.
• I rigged up a temporary radio aerial from a coat hanger.

Temporary

• be a nine days' wonder idiom
• casual
• casually
• eddy
• ephemeral
• fugacious
• fugitive
• here
• here today, gone tomorrow idiom
• impermanence
• non-established
• non-persistent
• placeholder
• pro tem
• provisional
• transience
• transient
• transiently
• transitorily
• transitory

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temporarily (Definition of temporary from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

temporary | American Dictionary

temporaryadjective [ not gradable ] us /ˈtem·pəˌrer·i/ Add to word list Add to word list not lasting or permanent: a temporary condition a temporary contract

temporarily

adverb [ not gradable ] us /ˌtem·pəˈrer·ə·li/ The player was temporarily suspended from the tournament. (Definition of temporary from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

temporary | Business English

temporaryadjective uk /ˈtempərəri/ us Add to word list Add to word list not lasting or needed for a long time: Renting space in another office building is only a temporary measure. a temporary job or contract lasts only for a short period of time: According to the report, over 6% of the labour force are working on a temporary basis. temporary jobs/contracts/work a temporary worker is employed only for a short period of time: The temporary team will be looking to resolve conflicts among relevant executives. temporary workers/staff Compare permanent (Definition of temporary from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of temporary

temporary As temporary workers they could learn their tasks and adapt to the demands of work discipline. From the Cambridge English Corpus Or were they a temporary moment, which may have had some consequences, but which ultimately did not drastically impact upon the process of change? From the Cambridge English Corpus Interestingly, when these expectations make agents coordinate into another equilibrium path, temporary shocks have permanent effects and cause hysteresis. From the Cambridge English Corpus The homes are designed so that disabilities, which may be permanent or temporary, can be catered for. From the Cambridge English Corpus It is important to note that both pregnancy and oral contraceptive use were included as temporary risk factors in this study. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, in order to establish and solidify a shared standard of conduct, repeated efforts were made to influence disunited minds simply to get temporary unity. From the Cambridge English Corpus I think of it as a temporary storage. From the Cambridge English Corpus For many individuals, income fluctuations may be dominated by individualspecific, temporary influences. From the Cambridge English Corpus Besides, given that the ordinance had been enacted as a temporary security measure, it should only be invoked with great caution. From the Cambridge English Corpus This pronounced temporary drop correlates with a high incidence of invasive disease caused by encapsulated bacteria. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, in so far as nominal rigidities hamper market adjustments, fiscal policy measures can alleviate temporary country-specific disequilibria. From the Cambridge English Corpus These delays are temporary and should not have a significant effect on quality of treatment. From the Cambridge English Corpus Its use symbolically implied and substantially meant that authority granted the federal government to coordinate industrial production would be temporary and business-friendly. From the Cambridge English Corpus If action plans are like object files and thus are formed by the temporary binding of action-feature codes, one would similar effects. From the Cambridge English Corpus This is largely an act of performance-limited to surface level deployment of linguistic codes to convey temporary identities and messages. From the Cambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of temporary?

Translations of temporary

in Chinese (Traditional) 短暫的, 暫時的，臨時的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 短暂的, 暂时的，临时的… See more in Spanish temporal, temporal [masculine-feminine, singular]… See more in Portuguese temporário, provisório, temporário/-ia… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian तात्पुरते, हंगामी… See more 臨時の, 一時的な, 一時的（いちじてき）な… See more geçici… See more temporaire, provisoire… See more temporal, provisional… See more tijdelijk… See more நீடித்த அல்லது மிக நீண்ட தேவை இல்லை… See more अस्थायी, अल्पकालिक… See more હંગામી… See more midlertidig… See more tillfällig, temporär… See more sementara… See more einstweilig… See more midlertidig, provisorisk… See more عارضی, وقتی… See more тимчасовий… See more ప్రస్తుత… See more অস্থায়ী… See more dočasný, prozatímní… See more sementara… See more ชั่วคราว… See more tạm thời… See more tymczasowy… See more 임시의… See more temporaneo, provvisorio… See more Need a translator?

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