Definitions for temporary

temporary tem·po·rar·y

Spelling: [tem-puh-rer-ee]
IPA: /ˈtɛm pəˌrɛr i/

Temporary is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 457 anagrams from letters in temporary (aemoprrty).

Definitions for temporary

adjective

  1. lasting, existing, serving, or effective for a time only; not permanent:

noun

  1. an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.

Origin of temporary

1540-50; Latin temporārius, equivalent to tempor- (stem of tempus) time + -ārius -ary

Examples for temporary

Longfellow's Skeleton in Armor has revealed their temporary settlement.

Workers built a temporary rail track through the city to move the statue in a process that took three days.

The bill, which passed Congress without opposition, is only a temporary fix and expires in 2015.

Or are the risks so great that a temporary ban is necessary?

This month a judge intervened and granted a 30-day temporary stay on police action against Abbott.

He probably thought this first home so temporary it didn't count.

The men were preparing their breakfast, and a temporary halt had been called for that purpose.

God has never, as far as we can see, dealt in special and temporary gifts.

Perhaps this fit was only temporary, and will not come again for a long time.

On Monday, de Blasio called for a temporary halt to protests until after the funerals of the two slain officers.

Word Value for temporary
Scrable

16

Words with friends

17

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