temporaries'tempərərɪ /-prə- noun +a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis adj. +not permanent; not lasting +lacking continuity or regularity
Thesaurus Dictionary
adj.
impermanent, makeshift, stopgap, stand-by, provisional; pro tem, transitory, transient, fleeting, fugitive, passing, ephemeral, temporal, evanescent, short-lived, momentary:
I suppose it will have to do as a temporary substitute.
Advanced English Dictionary
+adjective lasting or intended to last only for a short time; not permanent: temporary relief from pain + temporary work / accommodation + a temporary measure / solution / arrangement + More than half the staff are temporary. Antonym: PERMANENT temporarily adverb: We regret this service is temporarily unavailable. temporariness noun [U]
Collocation Dictionary adj
VERBS
be
The arrangement's only temporary.
ADV.
very | strictly | relatively | only
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