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[ UK /tˈɛmpɹəɹˌi/ ]
[ US /ˈtɛmpɝˌɛɹi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. not permanent; not lasting
    temporary housing
    a temperary arrangement
    politics is an impermanent factor of life
    impermanent palm cottages
  2. lacking continuity or regularity
    an irregular worker
    employed on a temporary basis
NOUN
  1. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

How To Use temporary In A Sentence

  • Management claimed the lockout was a temporary measure and that the plant would be reopened on May 9.
  • To avoid leaving the center posts in the permanent work, two rows of temporary posts were placed, as shown by Fig. 1, Plate LX, the center wall and skewback were built, and the posts were removed, as shown by Fig. 2, Plate LX, before placing the remainder of the lining. Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158
  • Their preferences ultimately shaped the place of worship that Warren built, and the result of that consumer-driven approach to creating Saddleback is a deliberately contemporary, highly professionalized operation with a carefully orchestrated feel-good atmosphere. American Grace
  • The work of the Hard-Edge painters, their first collective exhibition catalog in 1959 asserted, runs counter to a widespread contemporary belief in the primary value of emotion and intuition in esthetic experience … the [Hard-Edge painter] is not preoccupied with art as an opportunity to make autobiographical statements. California Cool
  • A temporary export ban was imposed to allow time for a British buyer to match the price, but the attempt failed. Times, Sunday Times
  • The Duke's foray into the world of contemporary art yielded equally predictable results. Times, Sunday Times
  • February 26th, 2009 at 3: 14 pm till bridge loans in anchorage ak says: till bridge loans in anchorage ak … tag antisocial torus temporary thrashes? Think Progress » Iraqi Leaders Call On U.S. To Set Timetable
  • There are no contemporary estimates of how rapidly and how far literacy spread; nor is it possible for us to quantify it with the data provided by largely innumerate contemporaries.
  • There are some trademark pieces - elegant-legged tables and high-quality marquetry - mixed in with contemporary designer furniture, antique shop finds and some very in-your-face art.
  • Zunun Kadir, the famous writer, playwright and fabulist, was the founder and the pioneer of the contemporary Uighur literature.
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