Temp
noun
A person employed to work for a short period, especially while the permanent employee is not available.
We're hiring a temp until our regular secretary comes back from maternity leave
Often appears as...
- office temp
- temp job
noun
Short for temperature.
Check the temp before you go outside.
Often appears as...
- high temp
- room temp
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Informal
noun
A temporary file in computing.
The program stores the data in a temp file
Often appears as...
- temp files
- temp folder
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Technical
noun
A person employed to work for a short period, especially while the permanent employee is not available.
We're hiring a temp until our regular secretary comes back from maternity leave
Often appears as...
- office temp
- temp job
noun
Short for temperature.
Check the temp before you go outside.
Often appears as...
- high temp
- room temp
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A temporary file in computing.
The program stores the data in a temp file
Often appears as...
- temp files
- temp folder
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Work Flexibility
Temping can imply flexibility and variety in work assignments.
I enjoy being a temp; I experience new workplaces often.
Pro Tip 2/3Short-term Expectation
The position is typically short-term without long-term job security or benefits.
As a temp, I'm not expecting to stay here beyond three months.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Full-time
'Temp' suggests part-time or hourly work, rather than full-time employment.
She's working as a temp, so she's not here every day.
Pro Tip 1/3Work Flexibility
Temping can imply flexibility and variety in work assignments.
I enjoy being a temp; I experience new workplaces often.
Pro Tip 2/3Short-term Expectation
The position is typically short-term without long-term job security or benefits.
As a temp, I'm not expecting to stay here beyond three months.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Full-time
'Temp' suggests part-time or hourly work, rather than full-time employment.
She's working as a temp, so she's not here every day.
Pro Tip 1/3Work Flexibility
Temping can imply flexibility and variety in work assignments.
I enjoy being a temp; I experience new workplaces often.
Pro Tip 2/3Short-term Expectation
The position is typically short-term without long-term job security or benefits.
As a temp, I'm not expecting to stay here beyond three months.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Full-time
'Temp' suggests part-time or hourly work, rather than full-time employment.
She's working as a temp, so she's not here every day.
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Yuval Noah Harari...
not the right time to say i want peace now let's go away and it comes back again and again and then something about the israeli election which really upsets me comes up and i lose my temp and i have all these uh dystopian scenarios about this will happen and i tell myself stop all this
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Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
just try and show you a little bit relativity wise how big it is and there's a quite hard little dung pilots now remember when these animals obviously do exhibit these little dung pellets it's some ruminants so you wouldn't have a han gut 4 min temp and
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How to get back to work...
Tracy's been promoted. They've paid for her to get her MBA at night. She's even hired another relauncher to work for her. Tracy's temp job was a tryout, just like an internship, and it ended up being a win for both Tracy and her employer.
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Colbert's Life in the...
toughing out life in this open air fishing deck but winter temps dropping as low as 23 degrees I've turned coal Birds attention to a permanent solution since you've been here last I've been really really busy with lots of projects
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Hit By a Dust Storm PIPE...
throw him a gigantic bombshell we knew that eventually there would be a dust storm or what there they call a temp at the day that the thing came I felt something funny I just I kept saying hey we content that
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Making sense of maps -...
run around emitting ultrasonic squeaks Batz we just don't do that although a night in the temp of our district can get pretty well no and we do two important things to make a place our own
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Record Cave Dive Leaves...
enough time to reach a safer depth before the carbon dioxide levels could have went to unconsciousness who's definitely 200 I've challenging a temp is not for the faint of heart
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Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
brown the grayish the black and I would say maybe that aids them to blend in away from their would-be predators temps have a break so they'll always you know
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Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
see that they are just coming from the mudbath a child of the universe the trees is just that a lot of people they give a different temps when it comes to
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Remove the Dams to Save...
really one of the most beautiful places in the world temps change the habitat when you disturb the habitat it can be detrimental to the native fishes and
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
not the right time to say i want peace now let's go away and it comes back again and again and then something about the israeli election which really upsets me comes up and i lose my temp and i have all these uh dystopian scenarios about this will happen and i tell myself stop all this
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 174 PIPE...
just try and show you a little bit relativity wise how big it is and there's a quite hard little dung pilots now remember when these animals obviously do exhibit these little dung pellets it's some ruminants so you wouldn't have a han gut 4 min temp and
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How to get back to work...
Tracy's been promoted. They've paid for her to get her MBA at night. She's even hired another relauncher to work for her. Tracy's temp job was a tryout, just like an internship, and it ended up being a win for both Tracy and her employer.
Video examples
Colbert's Life in the...
toughing out life in this open air fishing deck but winter temps dropping as low as 23 degrees I've turned coal Birds attention to a permanent solution since you've been here last I've been really really busy with lots of projects
Video examples
Hit By a Dust Storm PIPE...
throw him a gigantic bombshell we knew that eventually there would be a dust storm or what there they call a temp at the day that the thing came I felt something funny I just I kept saying hey we content that
Video examples
Making sense of maps -...
run around emitting ultrasonic squeaks Batz we just don't do that although a night in the temp of our district can get pretty well no and we do two important things to make a place our own
Video examples
Record Cave Dive Leaves...
enough time to reach a safer depth before the carbon dioxide levels could have went to unconsciousness who's definitely 200 I've challenging a temp is not for the faint of heart
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 210 PIPE...
brown the grayish the black and I would say maybe that aids them to blend in away from their would-be predators temps have a break so they'll always you know
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 276 PIPE...
see that they are just coming from the mudbath a child of the universe the trees is just that a lot of people they give a different temps when it comes to
Video examples
Remove the Dams to Save...
really one of the most beautiful places in the world temps change the habitat when you disturb the habitat it can be detrimental to the native fishes and
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Quote examples
Eric Johnson
Canadian Actor
I had a friend who had done the cinematics for 'Splinter Cell: Conviction,' so he kind of indoctrinated me into the series. I did a bunch of temp stuff for him - I roughed stuff in the game for him, playing about nine characters - just so he had some character templates to work from.
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Jill Lepore
American Historian
In the last years of the nineteen-eighties, I worked not at startups but at what might be called finish-downs. Tech companies that were dying would hire temps - college students and new graduates - to do what little was left of the work of the employees they'd laid off.
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Natasha Bedingfield
British Musician
I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.
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Geoffrey S. Fletcher
American Director
I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years.
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Ira Glass
American Journalist
I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
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Jennifer Konner
American Director
All of my peers were becoming bajillionaires. There was no one from college left in the temp force.
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Kathy Griffin
American Comedian
To give up my job as a temp and actually make a living doing comedy, it was staggering.
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Nikki Glaser
American Comedian
Temping is the worst. I would rather starve and be homeless than nanny or temp again.
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Natalie Dormer
English Actress
I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Kevin Nealon
American Comedian
I worked for a temp agency called Manpower.
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Eric Johnson
Canadian Actor
I had a friend who had done the cinematics for 'Splinter Cell: Conviction,' so he kind of indoctrinated me into the series. I did a bunch of temp stuff for him - I roughed stuff in the game for him, playing about nine characters - just so he had some character templates to work from.
Quote examples
Jill Lepore
American Historian
In the last years of the nineteen-eighties, I worked not at startups but at what might be called finish-downs. Tech companies that were dying would hire temps - college students and new graduates - to do what little was left of the work of the employees they'd laid off.
Quote examples
Natasha Bedingfield
British Musician
I took temp jobs, recorded a demo in the evenings and eventually shopped a record deal. All I knew was that I wanted to write songs; thankfully, I also got to sing them.
Quote examples
Geoffrey S. Fletcher
American Director
I was always writing scripts, and I had made several shorts, before and after film school. But I worked a variety of temp positions over the years.
Quote examples
Ira Glass
American Journalist
I was a temp secretary for a long time, and I went at it with a passion, and I tried to do a nice job in all my jobs.
Quote examples
Jennifer Konner
American Director
All of my peers were becoming bajillionaires. There was no one from college left in the temp force.
Quote examples
Kathy Griffin
American Comedian
To give up my job as a temp and actually make a living doing comedy, it was staggering.
Quote examples
Nikki Glaser
American Comedian
Temping is the worst. I would rather starve and be homeless than nanny or temp again.
Quote examples
Natalie Dormer
English Actress
I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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Kevin Nealon
American Comedian
I worked for a temp agency called Manpower.
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