temporary

1 عمومی:: موقتی‌، موقت‌، سپنج‌، سپنجی‌، موقتی، انی‌، زود گذر

شبکه مترجمین ایران

1 general:: temporary continuing for only a limited period of time: • I’ve got a temporary office job, but I hope I’ll find something more permanent soon. • I’m sure the problem is only temporary. • temporary staff • a temporary visa provisional temporary – used especially about arrangements or information that people may decide to change in the future. Also used about licences or governments which are only arranged to last for a short time: • Does the hotel accept provisional bookings? • They have set a provisional date for the next meeting. • a provisional driving licence • In June, the rebels claimed to have formed a provisional government. • Provisional figures yesterday from the Department of Transport showed that 4,274 people were killed last year — 6 percent fewer than the previous year. stopgap [ only before noun ] temporary – used about something that you use for a short time until you can replace it with something better: • The Republicans will approve the one-month budget as a stopgap measure to keep the state operating. • This is only a stopgap solution to the country’s debt problem. passing [ only before noun ] temporary – used about an interest, thought, or feeling that is short and not very serious: • Tonight’s game will be exciting, even to those with only a passing interest in the sport. • As a student, I didn’t give working in finance even a passing thought. ephemeral formal existing or popular for only a short time: • the ephemeral beauty of white snow on green trees and bare branches • Many new words, particularly slang, are fleeting and ephemeral. transient formal continuing for only a limited time, or staying somewhere for only a short time – used especially to say that something is always changing, or people only stay somewhere for a short time: • the transient nature of life • transient changes in the electrical properties of the neurons • Arizona has a highly transient population.

Longman-Thesaurus

2 general:: adj. impermanent: It is a temporary place to stay.

Simple Definitions

3 general::   adj. VERBS be The arrangement's only temporary. ADV. very | strictly | relatively | only

Oxford Collocations Dictionary