Temporary

Definition: Temporary

Temporary

Adjective

1. Not permanent; not lasting; "politics is an impermanent factor of life"- James Thurber; "impermanent palm cottages"; "a temperary arrangement"; "temporary housing".

2. Lacking continuity or regularity; "an irregular worker"; "employed on a temporary basis".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "temporary" was first used: 1547. (references)

Etymology: Temporary \Tem"po*ra*ry\, adjective. [Latin expression temporarius, from tempus, temporis, time: compare to the French expression temporaire.]. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

Synonyms: Temporary

Substitution

Subs ersatz, makeshift, temporary expedient, replacement, succedaneum; shift, pis aller, stopgap, jury rigging, jury mast, locum tenens, warming pan, dummy, scapegoat; double; changeling; quid pro quo, alternative.

Transientness

Temporal, temporary; provisional, provisory; deciduous; perishable, mortal, precarious, unstable, insecure; impermanent.

Noun: transience, transientness; Adjective: evanescence, impermanence, fugacity, caducity, mortality, span; nine days' wonder, bubble, Mayfly; spurt; flash in the pan; temporary arrangement, interregnum.

Crosswords: Temporary

Beer. Now there's a temporary solution (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

Mr. Gardner, do you agree with Ben, or do you think that we can stimulate growth through temporary incentives (Being There; writing credit: Jerzy Kosinski)

I'm only temporary. (The Tin Star; writing credit: Joel Kane; Dudley Nichols)

'For the temporary relief of symptoms associated with' (Osmosis Jones; writing credit: Marc Hyman)

We're pleading temporary insanity (Law & Order; writing credit: Peter Yeldham)

Temporary love's so bad, but it feels so good (NAUGHTY GIRLS; performing artist: Samantha Fox)

Temporary tax increase (references; author: unknown)

I've never been poor, only broke. Being poor is a frame of mind. Being broke is a temporary situation. (references; author: unknown)

Temporary Wives (1969)

The Temporary Widow (1930)

Temporary Sheriff (1926)

Her Temporary Husband (1923)

A Temporary Vagabond (1920)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Temporary Time Capital Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2003-2008 World Outlook for Temporary Hair Colorants (reference)

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Books

• Captain for Life: And Other Temporary Assignments (reference)

• Clockspeed : Winning Industry Control in the Age of Temporary Advantage (reference)

• T.A.Z. the Temporary Autonomous Zone, Ontological Anarchy, Poetic Terrorism (New Autonomy Series) (reference)

• Temporary Groom (Silhouette Romance, No. 1034) (reference)

• Temporary Mistress (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Temporary Urology (reference)

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Music

• Kievman: The Temporary & Tentative Extended Piano (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Consumer Goods

• Cord-O-Lite 07538C 50', 12/3 Gauge Cord-O-Lite Temporary Jobsite Lighting (reference)

  (more baby examples; more wireless phone examples; more garden examples; more kitchen examples; more tool examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Line drawing showing a temporary colostomy. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

1) A temporary administration building for M.D. Anderson was set up in 1940 in this converted residence known as "the oaks" on the former Baker Estate near downtown Houston. 2) biochemistry and biology laboratories were set up in late 1942 by five scientists using this one-time stable and carriage house on the old Baker Estate. The first patients were seen in other converted residential quarters starting in March, 1944. 3) the permanent home for University of Texas M.D. Anderson hospital began taking shape in the early 1950s in the newly designated Texas Medical Center, which only a few years earlier had been "way out in the woods". 4) M.D. Anderson's first seven-story structure was opened for patient care on March 19, 1954. This initial building contained 310 beds, which were phased into use over a five-year period, along with facilities for cancer research and educational activities. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredged material inside of temporary levee to right -- dredged material dries to create new land. Credit: America's Coastlines.

New land created by dredging operation behind temporary levee will be planted with Spartina alterniflora, smooth cordgrass, to form a new marsh area. Credit: America's Coastlines.

Temporary patch on a C-17A Globemaster III.

Temporary manure storage on a farm in northeast Iowa. Credit: Tim McCabe.

Temporary storage area for coal bed methane development, Buffalo Field Office. Credit: Jerry Sintz.

U. S. Army Hospital Center, Mars, France. : Spring and pump house for temporary and emergency water supply. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

[A fortress used as a temporary Military Hospital, Vladivostok]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Undocking from ARD-22 at Subic Bay, Philippines, circa late March or early April 1956, after being fitted with a temporary bow to allow her to steam to the United States for permanent repairs. She had been damaged in a collision with USS Columbus (CA-74) on 11 March 1956. Credit: NAVY.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Their parents have a sort of rule and jurisdiction over them, when they come into the world, and for some time after; but it is but a temporary one. (Second Treatise of Government)

The Seats of the Senators of the first Class shall be vacated at the Expiration of the second Year, of the second Class at the Expiration of the fourth Year, and of the third Class at the Expiration of the sixth Year, so that one third may be chosen every second Year; and if Vacancies happen by Resignation, or otherwise, during the Recess of the Legislature of any State, the Executive thereof may make temporary Appointments until the next Meeting of the Legislature, which shall then fill such Vacancies. (reference)

When vacancies happen in the representation of any State in the Senate, the executive authority of such State shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies: Provided, That the legislature of any State may empower the executive thereof to make temporary appointments until the people fill the vacancies by election as the legislature may direct. (reference)

In case at the end of the sixth year France shall consider that the progress made in the improvement of the port of Strasburg still requires a prolongation of this temporary regime, she may ask for such prolongation from the Central Rhine Commission, which may grant an extension for a period not exceeding three years. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

But his character had been so much enfeebled by suffering, that even its lower energies were incapable of more than a temporary struggle

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

It is generally temporary. (references)

Catheter for temporary access. (references)

This in turn produces temporary pain relief. (references)

Business

Most states subsequently extended the temporary protection status of refugees in this category. (references)

Known as the "Premicell" it can be used for exhibitions, construction sites and other temporary situations. (references)

The agricultural industry uses 3.9% of the production for ground cover, temporary greenhouses, irrigation tubes and containers for produce. (references)

Children

Honduras

The Tegucigalpa city administration runs 12 temporary shelters with a total capacity of 240 children. (references)

Portugal

The directorate also improved the quantity and quality of temporary shelters for children aged 3 months to 3 years. (references)

Russia

In Moscow approximately 6,000 children per year are brought to the Center of Temporary Isolation of Minor Delinquents (COVINA). (references)

Civil Liberties

Russia

The fees for permanent and temporary registration remained low. (references)

Pakistan

Persons found to have a valid claim were given temporary asylum. (references)

Nepal

The Government accepts the refugee presence as temporary on humanitarian grounds. (references)

Economic History

Oman

Oman has no general provisions for the temporary entry of goods. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

On January 7, 2001 another coup attempt shattered the temporary calm. (references)

Japan

Fully equipped mini offices are available free of charge on a temporary basis. (references)

Human Rights

Suriname

An army squad served as temporary guards following one riot. (references)

Peru

This temporary detention period lasts from a few hours up to 3 days. (references)

Turkey

Many hunger-striking prisoners were released from jail for temporary medical reasons. (references)

Minorities

Estonia

A total of 215,903 persons held permanent residence permits; 53,928 held temporary residence permits. (references)

Cyprus

Such property would no longer be seized by the Turkish Cypriot authorities but would be taken into temporary custody pending probate of the will. (references)

Hungary

The Roma Civic Rights Foundation visits and reports on cases of forced eviction, and works on urging local governments to provide temporary shelters. (references)

Political Economy

CANADA

Increased government spending could result in a temporary return to public sector deficits. (references)

DENMARK

However, specific exemptions are temporary in nature (e.g., "allowed until further notice"). (references)

NICARAGUA

Some 900 items are levied with a temporary protection tariff (ATP) of 5 to 10 percent, above the DAI. (references)

Political Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The Dayton Peace Accords had given the OSCE primary responsibility for the organization and supervision of the country's post-war elections on a temporary basis. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

On March 28, following a decree by HDZ officials ordering the temporary disbandment of the Croat contingent of the Federation Army, up to 8,000 Croat soldiers did not show up for work. (references)

Senegal

The ONEL was established as a temporary, independent oversight body empowered to order bureaucrats to obey the law and to take legal action against individuals and parties who violated it. The MOI remains responsible for the actual organization and implementation of the elections, which is done through a directorate of elections. (references)

Trade

Tunisia

OFFSHORE ENTERPRISES ARE ALLOWED TEMPORARY ENTRY OF GOODS. (references)

Tunisia

GOODS MAY ALSO BE GRANTED TEMPORARY ENTRY FOR USE IN TRADE SHOWS. (references)

Spain

The same procedure used for temporary imports applies for re-export. (references)

Travel

Bolivia

This visa is also valid for temporary business travel. (references)

Eq. Guinea

The Customs Authority can approve the temporary entry of goods. (references)

Cote D'ivoire

Simultaneously, a claim for temporary exemption should be presented. (references)

Women

Uruguay

Both the Ministry of Interior and NGO's operate shelters in which abused women and their families can seek temporary refuge. (references)

Dominica

The Welfare Department assists victims of abuse by finding temporary shelter, providing counseling to both parties, or recommending police action. (references)

Indonesia

Women's Partner (Mitra Perempuan), a crisis center for women that opened in 1997, runs a 24-hour hotline and a temporary shelter for abused women. (references)

Worker Rights

Andorra

When job contracts expire, temporary workers must leave the country. (references)

France

Trafficking victims may be granted temporary residency while they apply for asylum. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

The NGO, UMUT, provides temporary shelter and assistance (both medical and legal) to women who are at risk. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "temporary": in temporary capacity ♦ program Temporary Fix ♦ temporary annuity ♦ temporary arrangement ♦ temporary balance sheet ♦ temporary cemetery ♦ temporary civilian personnel ♦ temporary cribbing ♦ temporary deafness ♦ temporary diversion ♦ temporary expedient ♦ temporary filling ♦ temporary grassland ♦ temporary hookup ♦ temporary injunction ♦ temporary insanity ♦ temporary job ♦ temporary loan ♦ temporary marriage ♦ temporary master ♦ temporary officer ♦ temporary order ♦ temporary post ♦ temporary rate ♦ temporary removal ♦ temporary save ♦ temporary secretary ♦ temporary staff ♦ Temporary star ♦ temporary state ♦ temporary substitute ♦ temporary tax exemption ♦ temporary threshold shift ♦ temporary unemployment ♦ temporary visitor ♦ temporary worker. Additional references.

Beginning with "temporary": temporary-filled military post, temporary-looking, temporary-memory, temporary-walled.

Afrikaans

tydelik (for the time being, provisional, temporarily). (various references)

Albanian

kalimtar (ephemeral, evanescent, goer, momentary, passerby, passing, pedestrian, temporal, transitional, transitive, transitory, unabiding), i përkohshëm (acting, impermanent, interim, interjacent, pro tem, temporal, transient, transitional, transitory). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مؤقت (interim, jury, provisional, provisory, temporal, tentative, transition, transitory), ‏وقتي (passing, precarious, transient). (various references)

Bulgarian 

временен (ambulatory, fly-by-night, impermanent, interim, interlocutory, makeshift, provisional, provisory, tentative, transient, working), преходен (caducous, deciduous, fleeting, fugitive, in between, intermediate, passing, temporal, transient, transit, transition, transitional, transitive, transitory, unabiding). (various references)

Chinese 

臨時 (interim), 行 (a row, all right, behavior, capable, competent, conduct, OK, okay, profession, professional, to do, to go, to travel, to walk, will do), 暫時 (provisional), 一時 (momentary), 临时 (Offhand, off-hand, Provisional). (various references)

Czech

výpomocný (auxiliary), výpomoc (accommodations), provizorní (makeshift, provisional, provisory, tentative), přechodný (fugacious, intermediate, momentary, passing, transient, transitional, transitive, transitory), doèasný (provisional, temporal, transitory). (various references)

Danish

foreløbig (provisional). (various references)

Dutch

tijdelijk (provisional, temporarily), tijdelijk (provisional, temporarily), týdelýk (provisional, temporarily), voorlopig (all the time, for the time being, in the meantime, meanwhile, provisional, temporarily), voorbijgaand, voorbýgaand (acute), vergankelijk, vergankelýk, van voorbijgaande, van voorbýgaande aard, aard (character, kind, nature, personality, sort). (various references)

Esperanto

provizora (provisional), nedaŭra, malpermanenta. (various references)

Farsi 

موقتی (Interim, Jackleg, Provisional), سپنجی , سپنج (Transitory), زودگذر (Ephemeral, Fleet, Frail, Glancing, Glint, Light, Memnetary, Perishable, Shadowy, Transient, Transitory), انی (Immediate, Instantaneous, Memnetary, Posthaste). (various references)

Finnish

tilapäinen (casual, occasional, provisional). (various references)

French

temporaire (temporal), provisoire (tentative). (various references)

German

zeitweilig (now and then, odd, sporadic, temporarily), vorläufig (at the last moment, for the present, for the time being, interim, preliminarily, preliminary, provisional, provisionally, temporarily, tentative, tentatively), vorübergehend (momentary, passing, short, temporarily, transient, transiently, transitional, transitorily, transitory), provisorisch (provisional, provisionally, skeleton, tentative), kurzzeitig (momentary, short term). (various references)

Greek 

πρόσκαιρος, προσωρινόσ (interim, provisional, provisory), προσωρινός (provisional). (various references)

Hebrew 

זמני (interim, passing, pro tempore, provisional, temporal, tentative). (various references)

Hungarian

ideiglenes (extemporal, extemporaneous, interim, jury, make-do, makeshift, provisional, provisory, scrip, transient), átmeneti (caretaker government, extemporal, extemporaneous, fugacious, hitch, impermanent, interim, momentary, provisional, transition, transitional). (various references)

Indonesian

sementara (awhile, interim, provisional, some), pendiangan (fire place, hearth). (various references)

Italian

transitorio (fleeting, meteoric, momentary, transient, transitory), temporaneo (impermanent, interim), supplente (substitute, supply teacher), provvisorio (Band aid, interim, provisional, tentative), precarietà (precariousness), momentaneo (momentary), avventizio (adventitious, occasional). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

仮 (informal, provisional, unauthorized). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

テンポラリー , テンポラリ , テンプ , そのばかぎり (ad hoc), きわもの (seasonal articles), ざんていてき (provisional), かせつ (auspicious occasion, building, construction, fictional, hypothesis, provisional, supposition), かり (acting, assumed, borrowing, clip, cut, debt, fleeting, hunting, informal, interim, loan, lower official, potash, potassium, provisional, prune, reap, shear, trim, unauthorized, wild goose), いちじてき, りんじ (extraordinary, special). (various references)

Korean 

임시 (Occasional, Provisional). (various references)

Manx

tammyltagh, shallidagh (acting, interim, irregular, make do, nisi, provisional, provisory, tentative, transient, transitional), neuveayn (ephemeral, fluid, impermanent, non-durable, passing, short-lived, transient, transitory). (various references)

Papiamen

temporal (provisional). (various references)

Pig Latin

emporarytay.(various references)

Portuguese

provisório (interim, provisional, provisory, transitory), temporário (interim, makeshift, provisional, transitory), passageiro (ephemeral, faddy, fare, fleet, momentary, passenger, passing, perfunctory, rider, transient, transitional, transitory, wayfarer). (various references)

Romanian

trecãtor (bystander, evanescent, foot passenger, fugacious, fungous, goer, momentary, passer, passer by, passing, pedestrian, transient, transitory), temporar (acting, casual, fleeting, makeshift, pro tempore, provisional, provisionally, provisory, temporarily), vremelnic (ephemeral, fleeting, temporal, temporarily, transient, transitory), sezonier (seasonal), provizoriu (flying, interim, makeshift, passing, provisionally, temporarily), efemer (diurnal, ephemeral, evanescent, fleeting, fugitive, fungous, momentary, passing, short lived, transient). (various references)

Russian 

временный (dummy, impermanent, interim, make-do, makeshift, provisional, service, temporal, time division). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

temporaran, prolazan (brief, caducous, evanescent, fleeting, fly-by-night, fugacious, momentary, negotiable, passable, passing, perishable, pervious, transient, transitory), privremen (provisional, temporal, transitory). (various references)

Spanish

provisional (interim, makeshift, pro tem, pro tempora, provisional, provisory, rough and ready). (various references)

Swedish

temporär (tmp). (various references)

Thai

ชั่วคราว (temporal). (various references)

Turkish

geçici (ad interim, Band aid, casual, curable, deciduous, ephemeral, extrinsic, fading, flying, fortuitous, fugacious, impermanent, interim, interlocutory, jury, makeshift, momentary, palliative, passing, pro forma, provisional, provisory, provo, stopgap, temporal, tentative, transient, transitory, volatile), eğreti (artificial, Band aid, extrinsic, improvised, jury, makeshift, rough, stopgap, transitory). (various references)

Turkmen 

wagtlaяyn. (various references)

Ukrainian

тимчасовий робітник (casual), тимчасовий (ambulatory, caducous, casual, extempore, improvised, interim, jury, makeshift, provisional, provisory, seasonal, stopgap, temporal). (various references)

Vietnamese 

tạm thời (deciduous, momentary, momently, precarious, provisional, transitory), nhất thời (impermanent, momentary, momently, precarious, transient, transitory, unabiding), lâm thời (interim, provisional). (various references)

temporalis, temporarius. (various references)

Derivations

Words ending with "temporary": contemporary, extemporary, noncontemporary, ultracontemporary, uncontemporary. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Temporary" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: temperar, temperary, tempora, temporany, temporarly, termporary. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: mortary, parroty, partyer, portray, praetor, prorate, tramper.

-3 letters: armory, artery, martyr, mopery, mortar, parrot, poetry, porter, prater, prayer, prearm, pretor, protea, raptor, remora, report, roamer, romper, ropery, rotary, tamper, teapoy, termor, tremor, trompe.

-4 letters: amort, apery, aport, apter, armer, armet, armor, atomy, atopy, empty, etyma, marry, mater, matey, mayor, meaty, merry, metro, moper.

+2 letters: cryptomeria, extemporary, imprecatory, polarimetry, temporarily.

+3 letters: aromatherapy, contemporary, cryptomerias, mythographer, performatory, thermography.

+4 letters: anthropometry, extemporarily, hypermetropia, hyperromantic, mythographers, perambulatory, supermajority.

+5 letters: contemporarily, hypermetropias, performability, photogrammetry, pyrometallurgy, pyrometrically, supernormality, uncontemporary.