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Temporarily; for now; until later; until the situation changes; in an indefinite period of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, not-comparable
Examples
- I think I will ignore the problem for the time being.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
temporarily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- we'll stop for the time being
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: for the moment
Antonyms: none provided
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
60 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Armenian:
առայժմ
(aṙayžm)
— temporarily; until later
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Azerbaijani:
hələlik
— temporarily; until later
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Belarusian:
паку́ль
(pakúlʹ)
— temporarily; until later
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Catalan:
de moment
— temporarily; until later
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Catalan:
ara per ara
— temporarily; until later
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Chinese Mandarin:
就目前而言
(jiù mùqián éryán)
— temporarily; until later
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Chinese Mandarin:
暫時 /暂时
(zànshí)
— temporarily; until later
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Chinese Mandarin:
權時 /权时
(quánshí)
— temporarily; until later
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Chinese Mandarin:
權且 /权且
(quánqiě)
— temporarily; until later
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Chinese Mandarin:
姑且
(gūqiě)
— temporarily; until later
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Czech:
prozatím
— temporarily; until later
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Dutch:
voorlopig
— temporarily; until later
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Dutch:
vooreerst
— temporarily; until later
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Estonian:
ajutiselt
— temporarily; until later
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Finnish:
toistaiseksi
— temporarily; until later
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Finnish:
tällä erää
— temporarily; until later
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Finnish:
tältä erää
— temporarily; until later
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French:
pour le moment
— temporarily; until later
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French:
pour l'instant
— temporarily; until later
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German:
fürs Erste
— temporarily; until later
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German:
vorerst
— temporarily; until later
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German:
einstweilen
— temporarily; until later
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German:
vorläufig
— temporarily; until later
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German:
zunächst einmal
— temporarily; until later
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German:
bis auf Weiteres
— temporarily; until later
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Greek:
προς το παρόν
(pros to parón)
— temporarily; until later
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Greek:
για τώρα
(gia tóra)
— temporarily; until later
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Greek:
για την ώρα
(gia tin óra)
— temporarily; until later
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Hungarian:
egyelőre
— temporarily; until later
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Hungarian:
pillanatnyilag
— temporarily; until later
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Hungarian:
per pillanat
— temporarily; until later
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Icelandic:
í þetta sinn
— temporarily; until later
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Italian:
per il momento
— temporarily; until later
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Japanese:
当分の間
(tōbun-no aida)
— temporarily; until later
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Japanese:
差し当たり
(sashiatari)
— temporarily; until later
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Japanese:
取りあえず
(toriaezu)
— temporarily; until later
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Polish:
na razie
— temporarily; until later
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Polish:
chwilowo
— temporarily; until later
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Polish:
póki co
— temporarily; until later
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Portuguese:
por enquanto
— temporarily; until later
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Romanian:
deocamdată
— temporarily; until later
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Romanian:
pentru moment
— temporarily; until later
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Russian:
пока́
(poká)
— temporarily; until later
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Russian:
пока́ что
(poká što)
— temporarily; until later
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Russian:
до поры́ до вре́мени
(do porý do vrémeni)
— temporarily; until later
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Sicilian:
ora pi ora
— temporarily; until later
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Spanish:
por ahora
— temporarily; until later
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Spanish:
por el momento
— temporarily; until later
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Spanish:
por lo pronto
— temporarily; until later
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Spanish:
de momento
— temporarily; until later
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Spanish:
hoy por hoy
— temporarily; until later
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Swedish:
tills vidare
— temporarily; until later
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Swedish:
för tillfället
— temporarily; until later
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Telugu:
ప్రస్తుతానికి
(prastutāniki)
— temporarily; until later
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Turkish:
şimdilik
— temporarily; until later
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Turkish:
geçici olarak
— temporarily; until later
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Ukrainian:
по́ки
(póky)
— temporarily; until later
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Ukrainian:
нара́зі
(narázi)
— temporarily; until later
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Welsh:
am dro
— temporarily; until later
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Welsh:
am y tro
— temporarily; until later