noun · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
UK:/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/
UK:/ˈtɛm.pɹə.mənt/
UK:/ˈtɛm.pə.mənt/
US:/ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/
US:/ˈtɛm.pɹə.mənt/
US:/ˈtɛm.pɚ.mənt/
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
CMU ARPABET:T EH1 M P R AH0 M AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
CMU ARPABET 2:T EH1 M P ER0 M AH0 N T
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
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2
noun
Meaning 2
A tendency to become irritable or angry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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3
noun
Meaning 3
The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
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4
noun
Meaning 4
Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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5
noun
Meaning 5
A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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6
noun
Meaning 6
Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, obsolete, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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7
noun
Meaning 7
an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
