temp
IPA: tˈɛmp
noun
- A temporary employee, usually in an office.
- (programming, informal) A temporary storage location.
- Clipping of temperature. [A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.]
verb
- To work as a temporary employee.
adjective
- Abbreviation of temporary. [Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.]
adverb
- Alternative form of temp. (“in the time of”) [In the time of (followed by an indicator of a historical period, especially a reigning monarch).]
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Examples of "temp" in Sentences
- Created a stub in the temp page.
- I went from temp job to temp job.
- Copy in the temp article is fine.
- Or do a rewrite on the temp page.
- I qualified this as a temp measure.
- Engines require a difference in temp.
- That temp should range about the same as the air temp.
- The colder the temps, though, the less water will sublimate.
- The deposit melts and clears again when the oil is warmed to room temp.
- Now you have compressed refrigerant at the same temp as the ambient atmosphere.
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