temporary
lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need;a temporary job.
Origin of temporary
1synonym study For temporary
Other words for temporary
Opposites for temporary
Other words from temporary
- tem·po·rar·i·ly [tem-puh-rair-uh-lee, tem-puh-rer-], /ˌtɛm pəˈrɛər ə li, ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr-/, adverb
- tem·po·rar·i·ness, noun
- non·tem·po·rar·i·ness, noun
- non·tem·po·rar·y, adjective
- un·tem·po·rar·y, adjective
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How to use temporary in a sentence
Officials and experts have said it makes sense to vaccinate even those temporary residents, as it still protects the rest of the community.
People think that recessions are temporary, but they’re not.
Nearly 80% of the 346,000 workers who vanished from the U.S. labor force in January are women | Maria Aspan | February 5, 2021 | FortuneGameStop frenzy leaves behind a mess for Wall Street regulators“There are currently no temporary limits to increasing your positions,” stated Robinhood’s investing webpage as of Thursday morning.
Robinhood lifts GameStop restrictions as U.S. markets close in on best week since November | Hamza Shaban | February 5, 2021 | Washington PostThe city was the first in the state to introduce a measure requiring some grocery retailers to give workers a temporary hourly pay bump during the pandemic.
Kroger is closing stores rather than giving workers an extra $4 in pandemic ‘hero pay’ | Paulina Firozi | February 4, 2021 | Washington PostEven so, some Oceanside residents have questioned how a seemingly temporary District 1 resident can represent them on the City Council, and whether the process short-changed others running for the seat.
North County Report: Appointment of New Oceanside Leader Making Waves | Kayla Jimenez | February 4, 2021 | Voice of San Diego
The bill, which passed Congress without opposition, is only a temporary fix and expires in 2015.
Nazis, Sunscreen, and Sea Gull Eggs: Congress in 2014 Was Hella Productive | Ben Jacobs | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWorkers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.
On Monday, de Blasio called for a temporary halt to protests until after the funerals of the two slain officers.
Trayvon Martin’s Family Rejects ‘Dead Cops’ Marchers | Jacob Siegel | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis month a judge intervened and granted a 30-day temporary stay on police action against Abbott.
Or are the risks so great that a temporary ban is necessary?
It was only a hut of rough boards, carelessly knocked together for a shepherd's temporary home.
Ramona | Helen Hunt JacksonBut her attention was all absorbed by the swiftly executed act by which Garnache had gained at least a temporary advantage.
St. Martin's Summer | Rafael SabatiniClose to the wagon in which our hero lay the natives had erected a temporary hut of grass, about six feet high.
Hunting the Lions | R.M. BallantyneIndustrial society is therefore mobile, elastic, standing at any moment in a temporary and unstable equilibrium.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockFor these plays were not the work of a professional writer, but the recreation of a (temporary) professional soldier.
First Plays | A. A. Milne
British Dictionary definitions for temporary
/ (ˈtɛmpərərɪ, ˈtɛmprərɪ) /
not permanent; provisional: temporary accommodation
lasting only a short time; transitory: temporary relief from pain
a person, esp a secretary or other office worker, employed on a temporary basis: Often shortened to: temp
Origin of temporary
1Derived forms of temporary
- temporarily, adverb
- temporariness, noun
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