temporary
pronunciation
How to pronounce temporary in British English:
UK [ˈtemprəri]
How to pronounce temporary in American English:
US [ˈtempəreri]
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- Adjective:
- not permanent; not lasting
- lacking continuity or regularity
Word Origin
- temporary
- temporary: [16] Temporary was adapted from Latin temporārius, a derivative of tempus ‘time’. The origins of this are not certain, but it could go back ultimately to the prehistoric base *ten- ‘stretch’ (source of English tend, tense, thin, etc), in which case it would denote etymologically a ‘stretch of time’. Other English derivatives include extempore, tempest, temple ‘side of the head’, tempo [18] (via Italian), temporal [14], and tense ‘verb category’.=> extempore, tempest, temple, tempo, tense
- temporary (adj.)
- "lasting only for a time," 1540s, from Latin temporarius "of seasonal character, lasting a short time," from tempus (genitive temporis) "time, season" (see temporal, late 14c., which was the earlier word for "lasting but for a time"). The noun meaning "person employed only for a time" is recorded from 1848. Related: Temporarily; temporariness.
Synonym
Example
- 1. This station is only temporary .
- 2. The check may be temporary .
- 3. It may still be temporary .
- 4. That slowdown may be temporary .
- 5. But this resistance is temporary .