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- [tem-puh-rer-ee]
- /ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i/
- /ˈtemprəri/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [tem-puh-rer-ee]
- /ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i/
Definitions of temporary word
- noun plural temporary an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time. 2
- adjective temporary lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent: a temporary need; a temporary job. 1
- adjective temporary Something that is temporary lasts for only a limited time. 0
- adjective temporary not permanent; provisional 0
- adjective temporary lasting only a short time; transitory 0
- noun temporary a person, esp a secretary or other office worker, employed on a temporary basis 0
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Origin of temporary
First appearance:
before 1540 One of the 30% oldest English words
1540-50; < Latin temporārius, equivalent to tempor- (stem of tempus) time + -ārius -ary
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Parts of speech for Temporary
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
temporary popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
temporary usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for temporary
adj temporary
- acting — Acting is the activity or profession of performing in plays or films.
- band-aid — A Band-Aid is a small piece of sticky tape that you use to cover small cuts or wounds on your body.
- deciduous — A deciduous tree or bush is one that loses its leaves in the autumn every year.
- developmental — Developmental means relating to the development of someone or something.
- dummiest — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
noun temporary
- changeling — A changeling is a child who was put in the place of another child when they were both babies. In stories changelings were often taken or left by fairies.
- fill-in — a person or thing that fills in, as a substitute, replacement, or insertion: The company used a fill-in for workers on vacation.
- locum — locum tenens.
- locum tenens — a temporary substitute, especially for a doctor or member of the clergy.
- motel — a hotel providing travelers with lodging and free parking facilities, typically a roadside hotel having rooms adjacent to an outside parking area or an urban hotel offering parking within the building.
adjective temporary
- casual — If you are casual, you are, or you pretend to be, relaxed and not very concerned about what is happening or what you are doing.
- ephemeral — An ephemeral plant.
- evanescent — Soon passing out of sight, memory, or existence; quickly fading or disappearing.
- experiential — Involving or based on experience and observation.
- experimental — (of a new invention or product) based on untested ideas or techniques and not yet established or finalized.
Antonyms for temporary
adj temporary
- abiding — An abiding feeling, memory, or interest is one that you have for a very long time.
- addicting — a person who is addicted to an activity, habit, or substance: a drug addict.
- aeonian — everlasting
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
- around the clock — continuing without pause or interruption: an around-the-clock guard on the prisoner.
adv temporary
- all the time — If something happens or is done all the time, it happens or is done continually.
- for good — morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
- forever — without ever ending; eternally: to last forever.
- forevermore — forever hereafter.
- immortally — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
adjective temporary
- continued — continuing; not having stopped
- diuturnal — Durable, long-lasting.
- endless — Having or seeming to have no end or limit.
- established — (of a custom, belief, practice, or institution) Having been in existence for a long time and therefore recognized and generally accepted.
- eternal — Lasting or existing forever; without end or beginning.
adverb temporary
- durably — In a durable manner.
- endlessly — In an endless manner; continuously without limit.
- enduringly — In an enduring manner or fashion; such as to endure.
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
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