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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
temp
I.noun
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▪ As teams of temps struggled to cope with the mounting chaos, Jackson tried to keep the Equal Opportunities flame burning.
▪ But the part-time employee whom Kelly sent was not your average temp.
▪ I am currently working as a temp, so any contributions to the fund will be minimal until I find full-time employment.
▪ Some were lost by hapless temps.
▪ The topper is, they hired temps to do my day job.
II.verb
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▪ Tricia decided to temp when her youngest child started nursery full time.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
temp

1909, American English, shortened form of temporary (job, employee, etc.). As a noun by 1932; as a verb by 1973. Related: Temped; temping.

temp

1886, short for temperature.

Wiktionary
temp

abbr. 1 temperature 2 temporary n. 1 a temporary employee, usually in an office 2 (context computing informal mostly attributive English) a temporary storage location vb. To work as a temporary employee.

WordNet
temp

n. a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis [syn: temporary worker]

Wikipedia
Temp

Temp may refer to:

  • A common abbreviation for "temporary" or "temporarily"
  • Temperature
  • Template (disambiguation)
  • Temporary work, in employment.
  • Tempo
  • Temp., abbreviation of Latin tempore, "in the time of"
  • TEMP (meteorology), a meteorological code for upper air soundings
  • RT-21 Temp 2S, an intercontinental ballistic missile of the Soviet Union
  • TR-1 Temp
  • Tempe, Arizona, the eighth most populous city in Arizona
  • Test & Evaluation Master Plan

In computing:

  • Temporary file
  • Temporary folder (often named /tmp or /var/tmp on Unix-like systems)
  • Temporary variable
  • Temporary filesystem

Temps can refer to:

  • Temps (film), a 2016 comedy directed by Ryan Sage featuring Grant Rosenmeyer, Lindsey Shaw, and Reid Ewing.
  • Time
  • In music, beat (music)
  • El Temps, Valencian newsmagazine
TEMP (meteorology)

TEMP (upper air soundings) is a set of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) alphanumerical codes used for reporting weather observations of the upper regions of the atmosphere made by weather balloons released from the surface level (either at land or at sea). The WMO designates the FM-35 numerical code for surface TEMPs and the FM-36 numerical code for ship-based TEMPs.

Category:Earth sciences data formats

Usage examples of "temp".

Le chanoine Trevoux quitta ce monde a quelque temps de la, laissant une histoire des saints de Bretagne qui atteste la purete de son ame et la simplicite de son esprit.

Sixte aurait le temps de changer de tenue avant de paraitre devant son general, qui, furieux contre les autres autant que contre lui-meme de son inaction forcee, ne permettait pas la plus petite tache de boue, ou le moindre grain de poussiere.

Bonaparte, et qui, toujours causant, ne prit point le temps de la moindre excuse.

Elle le venere comme sous un autre ciel, dans les temps anciens, les hommes veneraient des dieux agrestes et velus.

Il se tient accroupi dans la grande hune, poussant de temps en temps des mugissements.

Les articles sous le coup desquels elle vous place sont les 354, 355, 356, 357 du code penal, qui disent que quiconque aura enleve ou detourne une fille au-dessous de seize ans subira la peine des travaux forces a temps.

Elle dit aussi que, quand meme la fille aurait consenti a son enlevement ou suivi volontairement son ravisseur, si celui-ci est majeur de vingt-un ans ou au-dessus, il sera condamne aux travaux forces a temps.

Du reste, si monsieur regrette son fauteuil, il sera toujours temps de le lui rendre!

Venaient dresser un etalage Qui rendait plus beau le passage, Au grand bien de tout reposant, Et honneur dudit exposant, Qui, tous les jours dessus ses hanches, Excepte fetes et dimanches, Temps de vacances a tout trafic, Faisoit debiter au public Denree a produire doctrine Dans la substance cerebrine.

Ezr Vinh is back aboard the temp now, with all the localizer coverage you could dream of.

Lazare brutalement, les mauvais temps ne sont pas devenus meilleurs, ni toi non plus.

Mais si moi aussi je suis un homme de coeur, je suis en meme temps un homme de raison.

Even if it was only the ingredients for snickerdoodles, still there was something potent in the feel of the gibberish coming up blood temp from his lungs, his gut, and rushing out of his mouth.

Like many who need a job but are not yet interested in a career, Ted parachuted into a whole bunch of wanky employment situations through a temp agency that sent him out to explore the great and disturbing unknown, which remains unknown, I believe, for a reason.

Le simple Champdevaux ne restait afflige que le temps de frotter avec ses poings ses petits yeux ecarquilles.