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- DictionaryTran·si·to·ry/ˈtranzəˌtôrē/
adjective
- 1. not permanent: "transitory periods of medieval greatness"
The meaning of TRANSITORY is of brief duration : temporary. How to use transitory in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Transitory.
Transitory definition: not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.. See examples of TRANSITORY used in a sentence.
adjective. formal uk / ˈtræn.zɪ.t ə r.i / us / ˈtræn.sə.tɔːr.i / Add to word list. lasting for only a short time: the transitory nature of life. Synonyms. brief (SHORT IN TIME) ephemeral. evanescent formal. fleeting. fugitive (TEMPORARY) formal. momentary. passing. short-lived. transient formal. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples.
only lasting for a short period of time: A growing proportion of the population are in a transitory stage between paid employment and old age. transitory factors / issues. a transitory phase / period. (Definition of transitory from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
If something is fleeting or lasts a short time, it is transitory. Your boss declared the company's restructuring to be transitory, and promised that the company would emerge stronger and better than ever.
If you say that something is transitory, you mean that it lasts only for a short time. Most teenage romances are transitory. ...a sad reminder of the transitory nature of political success.
adj. Existing or lasting only a short time; short-lived or temporary: "the disorder of his life: the succession of cities, of transitory loves" (Carson McCullers).
Definition of transitory adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
lasting only for a short time: the transitory nature of life. (Definition of transitory from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023 How to use transitory in a sentence Somehow it made me feel sad to hear it, and a sense of the transitoriness of things came over me.
