- a person, esp a typist or other office worker, employed on a temporary basis
- (intransitive) to work as a temp
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temps
(Fr. tän),USA pronunciation n., pl. temps
(Fr. tän).USA pronunciation [Ballet.]
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024- Dancepart of a dance step in which there is no transfer of weight.
- Latin tempus
- French: literally, time
- 1885–90
temp /tɛmp/USA pronunciation n. [countable]
v. [no object]
-temp-, root.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024- Physicsa temporary worker, esp. in an office.
v. [no object]
- to work in this way:temping for a detective agency.
-temp-, root.
- -temp- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "time.'' This meaning is found in such words as: contemporary, contretemps, extemporaneous, tempo, temporary, temporize.
- Physicstemperature.
- temporary.
temp
(temp),USA pronunciation n. [Informal.]
v.i.
temp.,
- Informal Termstemporary (def. 2).
v.i.
- Informal Termsto work as a temporary.
- by shortening 1930–35
temp.,
- Physicstemperature.
- temporary.
- in the time of.
- Latin tempore
- Informal Termsto work as a temporary.
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temp /tɛmp/ informal n
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