temporary

(tĕm'pə-rĕr'ē)
adj.
Lasting, used, serving, or enjoyed for a limited time.

n. Informal, pl., -ies.
One that serves for a limited time: an office staffed by temporaries.

[Latin temporārius, from tempus, tempor-, time.]

temporarily tem'po·rar'i·ly adv.
temporariness tem'po·rar'i·ness n.

SYNONYMS   temporary, acting, ad interim, interim, provisional. These adjectives mean assuming the duties of another for the time being: a temporary chairperson; the acting dean; an ad interim admissions committee; an interim administration; a provisional mayor.
ANTONYM  permanent

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Temporary is pronounced tem-pǝ-rǝ-ri, as four syllables, with an additional stress on the -ar- in American English. Temporarily has five syllables and until recently was pronounced in British English with the stress on the first syllable, but the American English pronunciation with the stress on the -ar- is now almost as common in British English.

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adjective

1. Lasting or existing only for a short time: ephemeral, evanescent, fleet, fleeting, fugacious, fugitive, momentary, passing, short-lived, temporal, transient, transitory. See continue/stop/pause, time.
2. Intended, used, or present for a limited time: impermanent, interim, provisional, short-range, short-term. See continue/stop/pause.
3. Temporarily assuming the duties of another: acting, ad interim, interim, pro tem, provisional. See continue/stop/pause, substitute.

adj

Definition: interim
Antonyms: permanent

That which is to last for a limited time; ephemeral; transitory; 38 Cal. Rptr. 63, 67. Temporary has no fixed meaning in the sense that it designates a fixed period of time, but is used in contradistinction to permanent. 392 S.W. 2d 30, 34.
See injunction, interim financing, interim order, restraining order.

IN BRIEF: adv. - For a limited time only..

I happen temporarily to occupy this big White House — Abraham Lincoln, Source: Speech to One Hundred Sixty-sixth Ohio Regiment, August 22, 1864

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Interim; for a short time only.

• t. dentition — the temporary or first set of teeth in animals with diphyodont dentition. See also deciduous teeth.
• t. environment factors — e.g. rain, drought, heat.
• t. registration — registration to practice under local legislation but for a limited period only. A procedure used to permit a candidate for full registration to obtain some practice experience.

adj

Pertaining to the interim treatment used to protect a patient between appointments.

For a list of words related to temporary, see:

• Limitations and Conditions
• Relative Time - temporary: (adj) of certain limited duration, not permanent

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Common misspelling(s) of unconsciousness

• unconciousness

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - midlertidigt
n. - midlertidig

idioms:

• temporary arrangement    midlertidigt arrangement

Nederlands (Dutch)
tijdelijk

Français (French)
adj. - temporaire, intérimaire, provisoire, passager
n. - travailleur temporaire (souvent npl)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - vorläufig, zeitweilig
n. - Zeitarbeitskraft

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - πρόσκαιρος, προσωρινός
n. - εργαζόμενος προσωρινής απασχόλησης

idioms:

• temporary arrangement    προσωρινή διευθέτηση

Italiano (Italian)
provvisorio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - temporário, transitório
n. - provisório (m)

Русский (Russian)
временный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - temporal, provisional, transitorio, temporero
n. - temporal, provisional, transitorio, temporero

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - temporär, tillfällig, kortvarig, tillförordnad, extra
n. - världslighet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
暂时的, 临时性, 临时的, 临时工, 临时雇员, 临时房屋, 临时事物

idioms:

• temporary arrangement    暂时的安排, 临时的安排

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 暫時的, 臨時性, 臨時的
n. - 臨時工, 臨時雇員, 臨時房屋, 臨時事物

idioms:

• temporary arrangement    暫時的安排, 臨時的安排

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 일시적인, 당장의, 임시 변통의
n. - 임시, 임시 고용 비서, 임시 변통한 것

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 儚い, 一時的な

idioms:

• temporary accommodation    仮設収容施設
• temporary arrangement    暫定協定
• temporary house    仮普請の家

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) زمني, موءقت (الاسم) موظف وقتي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮זמני, ארעי‬
n. - ‮עובד זמני או ארעי‬

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