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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈtɛmpəɹi/
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General-American:
/ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/
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/ˈtɛmpəɹi/
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T EH1 M P ER0 EH2 R IY0
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Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: temporal, impermanent
Antonyms: eternal, unending, neverending
Existing only for a short time or short times.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: transient, ephemeral, earthly, brief, deciduous, evanescent, fleeting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, instant, momentary, passing, perishable, quick, seasonable, short, short-lived, temporary, transitive, transitory, volatile, whilend, worldly
Antonyms: none provided
One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: floater, temp
Antonyms: none provided
A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: temp
Antonyms: none provided
not permanent; not lasting- James Thurber
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
politics is an impermanent factor of life impermanent palm cottages a temperary arrangement temporary housing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: impermanent
Antonyms: none provided
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
lacking continuity or regularity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
an irregular worker employed on a temporary basis
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irregular
Antonyms: none provided
a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: temp, temporary worker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”).
Across languages
Translations 95 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
مُؤَقَّت
(muʔaqqat)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Armenian :
ժամանակավոր
(žamanakavor)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Azerbaijani :
müvəqqəti
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Azerbaijani :
ötücü
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Azerbaijani :
ötəri
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Azerbaijani :
sürəksiz
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Belarusian :
тымчасо́вы
(tymčasóvy)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Belarusian :
часо́вы
(časóvy)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Bulgarian :
вре́менен
(vrémenen)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Burmese :
ယာယီ
(yayi)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Catalan :
temporal
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Catalan :
temporani
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Chinese Mandarin :
暫時 /暂时
(zànshí, zhànshí, zǎnshí)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Czech :
dočasný
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Danish :
midlertidig
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Dutch :
tijdelijk
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Esperanto :
efemera
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Esperanto :
iama
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Finnish :
väliaikainen
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Finnish :
ohimenevä
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Finnish :
hetkellinen
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Finnish :
määräaikainen
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
French :
temporaire
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
French :
provisoire
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Galician :
temporal
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Galician :
transitorio
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Georgian :
დროებითი
(droebiti)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
German :
zeitweilig
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
German :
temporär
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
German :
vorübergehend
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Gothic :
𐍈𐌴𐌹𐌻𐌰𐍈𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌱𐍃
(ƕeilaƕairbs)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Greek :
προσωρινός
(prosorinós)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Ancient Greek :
πρόσκαιρος
(próskairos)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Hindi :
अस्थायी
(asthāyī)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Hungarian :
ideiglenes
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Hungarian :
átmeneti
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Italian :
temporaneo
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Japanese :
暫くの
(shibaraku no)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Japanese :
暫時の
(zanji no)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Japanese :
一時的な
(ichijiteki na)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Kazakh :
уақытша
(uaqytşa)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Korean :
일시적인
(ilsijeog-in)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Kyrgyz :
убактылуу
(ubaktıluu)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Kyrgyz :
күнүмдүк
(künümdük)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Latin :
temporālis
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Latin :
temporārius
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Macedonian :
привремен
(privremen)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Manchu :
ᠨᡝᡵᡤᡳᠨ
(nergin)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Māori :
rangitahi
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Māori :
taupua
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Norwegian Bokmål :
midlertidig
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Norwegian Nynorsk :
mellombels
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Persian :
زمانهور
(zamānevar)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Iranian Persian :
مُوَقَّت
(movaġġat)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Polish :
tymczasowy krótkoczasowy
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Polish :
krótkotrwały
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Portuguese :
temporário
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Romanian :
temporar
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Russian :
вре́менный
(vrémennyj)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Northern Sami :
gaskaboddosaš
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Scottish Gaelic :
sealach
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Serbo-Croatian :
привремен
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Serbo-Croatian :
privremen
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Slovak :
dočasný
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Slovene :
začasen
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Spanish :
temporario
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Spanish :
temporáneo
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Spanish :
temporero
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Swedish :
tillfällig
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Swedish :
temporär
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Tagalog :
pansamantala
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Telugu :
తాత్కాలికం
(tātkālikaṁ)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Turkish :
geçici
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Ukrainian :
тимчасо́вий
(tymčasóvyj)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Ukrainian :
пли́нний
(plýnnyj)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Uyghur :
ۋاقىتلىق
(waqitliq)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Uyghur :
مۇۋەققەت
(muweqqet)
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Vietnamese :
tạm thời
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Vietnamese :
lâm thời
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Welsh :
dros dro
— for a limited time, ephemeral, not constant
Catalan :
eventual
— short-term employee
Chinese Mandarin :
臨時工 /临时工
(línshígōng)
— short-term employee
Chinese Mandarin :
臨時雇員 /临时雇员
(línshí gùyuán)
— short-term employee
Danish :
vikar
— short-term employee
Finnish :
määräaikainen työntekijä
— short-term employee
French :
intérimaire
— short-term employee
German :
Zeitarbeitskraft
— short-term employee
Romanian :
interimat
— short-term employee
Russian :
вре́менный рабо́тник
(vrémennyj rabótnik)
— short-term employee
Russian :
вре́менный сотру́дник
(vrémennyj sotrúdnik)
— short-term employee
Russian :
вре́менная рабо́тница
(vrémennaja rabótnica)
— short-term employee
Russian :
вре́менная сотру́дница
(vrémennaja sotrúdnica)
— short-term employee
Sicilian :
jurnataru
— short-term employee
Spanish :
temporero
— short-term employee
Spanish :
temporal
— short-term employee
