temporaryadjective
uk/ˈtem.pər.ər.i//ˈtem.prər.i/us/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/B1 not lasting or needed for very long:
The ceasefire will only provide a temporary solution to the crisis.
temporary staff
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permanent adjective
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- The salaries of temporary employees ought to be brought into line with those of permanent staff.
- Don't worry, his depression is only temporary - it'll soon pass.
- She has managed to obtain a temporary residence permit.
- The injection provided a temporary reprieve from the pain.
- I rigged up a temporary radio aerial from a coat hanger.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Temporary
- a flash in the pan idiom
- acting
- be a nine days' wonder idiom
- casual
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- flash
- here
- here today, gone tomorrow idiom
- impermanent
- interim
- makeshift
- nine
- pop up
- provisional
- scratch
- short-lived
- short-term
- sticking plaster
- stopgap
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temporarily
adverb uk/ˈtem.pər.er.əl.i//ˈtem.prər.əl.i/us/ˈtem.pə.rer.əl.i/
Examples
- The lecturer temporarily digressed from her subject to deal with a related theory.
- His famed calmness temporarily deserted him.
- He's temporarily laid aside some quite interesting projects to write the script.
- We might have to employ someone temporarily as a stopgap measure until we can fill the post.
B2
This office is closed temporarily for redecoration.