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Definition of transitory adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

transitory

adjective
 
/ˈtrænzətri/
 
/ˈtrænzətɔːri/
(formal)
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  1. continuing for only a short time synonym fleeting, temporary
    • the transitory nature of his happiness
    • These feelings of resentment tend to be transitory.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryTransitory is used with these nouns:
    • nature
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French transitoire, from Christian Latin transitorius, from transit- ‘gone across’, from transire ‘go across’.
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