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temp
Abbreviation of tempore.
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 4
- Starts with
- T
- Ends with
- P
- Contains
- EM
- Scrabble score
- 8
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
Meaning
Definitions
noun
Abbreviation of tempore.
noun
A temporary employee, usually in an office.
A temporary storage location.
verb
To work as a temporary employee.
noun
A measure of cold or heat, often measurable with a thermometer.
“The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.”
An elevated body temperature, as present in fever and many illnesses.
“You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.”
A property of macroscopic amounts of matter that serves to gauge the average intensity of the random actual motions of the individually mobile particulate constituents. http//arxiv.org/pdf/physics/0004055
The state or condition of being tempered or moderated.
The balance of humours in the body, or one's character or outlook as considered determined from this; temperament.
adjective
Not permanent; existing only for a period or periods of time.
Existing only for a short time or short times; transient, ephemeral.
In context
Example Sentences
The temperature in the room dropped nearly 20 degrees; it went from hot to cold.
You have a temperature. I think you should stay home today. You’re sick.