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temporary

adj
/ˈtɛmpəɹəɹi/UK/ˈtɛmp(əˌɹ)ɛɹi/US/ˈʈɛmp(ɵ)rəri/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin temporarius, from tempus (“time”).

  1. borrowed from temporarius

Definitions

  1. Not permanent

    Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.

    • Sally was put in temporary charge of the department while they searched for a full-time replacement.

  2. Existing only for a short time or short times.

  3. One serving for a limited time

    One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.

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Derived

cotemporary, nontemporary, tempban, tempofrost, temporarily, temporariness, temporary gentleman, temporary help, temporary restraining order, temporary tooth, there is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution, untemporary

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at temporary. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at temporary. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at temporary

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA