Usually means: Not permanent; lasting for limited time.
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We found 35 dictionaries that define the word temporary:

General (27 matching dictionaries)
  1. temporary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. temporary: Merriam-Webster
  3. temporary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. temporary: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. temporary: Collins English Dictionary
  6. temporary: Vocabulary.com
  7. Temporary, temporary: Wordnik
  8. temporary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. temporary: Wiktionary
  10. temporary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. temporary: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. temporary: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. temporary: Dictionary.com
  14. temporary (adj.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. temporary: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Temporary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Temporary: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. temporary: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  19. temporary: FreeDictionary.org
  20. temporary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. temporary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. temporary: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  23. temporary: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  24. temporary: Rhymezone
  25. temporary: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. temporary: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  3. temporary: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. temporary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. temporary: Medical dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. temporary: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Temporary: Sports Definitions

(Note: See temporaries as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adjective:  Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
adjective:  Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
noun:  One serving for a limited time; a short-term employee, especially in an office.
noun:  (programming) A short-term variable used to store an intermediate result.

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