- lasting or intended to last or be used only for a short time; not permanent
- to hire temporary workers
- They had to move into temporary accommodation.
- Volunteers built temporary shelters for the survivors.
- temporary relief from pain
- a temporary fix/measure/solution
- More than half the staff are temporary.
Extra ExamplesTopics Jobsb2- I'm looking for some temporary work.
- I'm afraid using volunteers can only be a temporary solution to the problem.
- The job's only temporary, while their manager's on maternity leave.
- These pills should give you temporary relief from the pain, just until you can get to a dentist.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- very
- strictly
- merely
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Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin temporarius, from tempus, tempor- ‘time’.
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