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lasting for, designed to be used for, a limited time only

lasting only a short while

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Cases of word usage

1) to make a (cheap) temporary bed and go to sleep (doss)

2) a short pull or push (up); a kind of noose or knot; a temporary difficulty (hitch)

3) temporary (while more information is prepared, more supplies are obtained etc); during the period of time in-between (interim)

4) a small house, especially one at the entrance to the grounds of a large house; a small house for temporary use (lodge)

5) (a period of) legal authorization to delay payment of debts; a temporary and agreed delay or stopping (moratorium)

6) a feeling of doubt (especially about whether one is doing or has done right); a temporary feeling of sickness in the stomach (qualm)

7) a temporary structure, e.g. for a building; the activity of producing (a play) in the theatre (staging)

8) temperature; temporary (worker) (temp)

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