Definition: 1. Something that lasts only a limited time. 2. Lasting for only a limited period of time.
Use 'temporary' in a sentence:
1. The 600 or so who turn up for Friday prayers made their supplications outdoors for a while, until cold weather forced them from one temporary room to another.
2. He suffered some temporary weakness in his right hand.
3. The service was temporarily suspended, but the problem has now been resolved.
4. He was searching for emergency temporary accommodation in the city centre.
5. These temporary phone numbers can be used almost everywhere to receive free SMS.
6. I developed a temporary allergy to the company of couples.
7. A person employed on a temporary basis, typically an office worker who finds employment through an agency.
8. It's only a temporary solution.
9. Most adolescent problems are temporary.
10. Most patients experience temporary side effects which usually end within three days.
11. Your debt situation is only temporary, and it is within your power to resolve it.
12. I'm looking for some temporary work.
13. More than half the staff are temporary.
14. If you're seeing a Temporary Error message when you try to sign in to Gmail, your mail is temporarily unavailable.
15. The council has offered them temporary accommodation.
