Collocations for "temporary"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "temporary" in context.
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temporary
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- has a temporary [role, position, job]
- it is only a temporary [role]
- a temporary [president, coach, manager, worker]
- temporary [work, staff, personnel]
- temporary [assistance, housing, storage]
- [find, have, do] temporary work
- [offer, provide] temporary [relief, support]
- [underwent, experienced, made] a temporary change
- is for temporary use only
- [will, is to] take temporary charge of
- make a temporary measure permanent
- [will, should] suffice as a temporary measure
- [given, granted] temporary [leave, permission]
- a temporary [increase, decrease, reduction] (in)
- a temporary loss of [hearing, sight, memory]
- temporary [hearing] loss
- the loss was [just, only] temporary
- (it) was only supposed to be temporary!
- remember, this is only temporary (until)
- [awarded, given, done] on a temporary basis
- a temporary [truce, ceasefire]
- temporary or permanent
'temporary' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
ID
- accommodation
- address
- agency
- arrangement
- ban
- basis
- compromise
- constraint
- curator
- cure
- dwelling
- exemption
- fix
- harvest
- impairment
- inconvenience
- loss
- measure
- overlay
- prop
- raft
- respite
- shelter
- shortfall
- shutdown
- solution
- tattoo
- truce
- visit