temporary
US: /ˈtɛmpɝˌɛɹi/
UK: /tˈɛmpɹəɹˌi/
UK: /tˈɛmpɹəɹˌi/
English Vietnamese dictionary
temporary /'tempərəri/
- tính từ
- tạm thời, nhất thời, lâm thời
- temporary success: thắng lợi nhất thời
- temporary power: quyền hành tạm thời
- temporary rest: sự nghỉ ngơi chốc lác
- tạm thời, nhất thời, lâm thời
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]
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.
Collocation dictionary
VERBS
be
The arrangement's only temporary.
ADV.
very | strictly | relatively | only
Concise English dictionary
temporaries'tempərərɪ /-prə-
noun
+a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis
adj.
+not permanent; not lasting
+lacking continuity or regularity
