Transitory
11transitory — See transitory, transient …
12transitory — adj. Transitory is used with these nouns: ↑nature …
13transitory — tran|si|to|ry [ trænzı,tɔri ] adjective temporary: Peace between the two countries was only transitory …
14transitory — adjective transitory fashions Syn: transient, temporary, brief, short, short lived, short term, impermanent, ephemeral, momentary, fleeting, passing, here today and gone tomorrow; literary evanescent, fugitive See note at temporary Ant …
15transitory — UK [ˈtrænsət(ə)rɪ] / US [ˈtrænzɪˌtɔrɪ] adjective temporary Peace between the two countries was only transitory …
16transitory — transient / transitory [adj] temporary, brief changeable, deciduous, emigrating, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, flitting, fly bynight*, flying, fugacious, fugitive, going by, impermanent, insubstantial, migrating, momentary, moving,… …
17transitory — Passing from place to place; that which may pass or be changed from one place to another; the opposite of local. See transitory action …
18transitory — Fleeting. Not permanent. See chose transitory …
19transitory — adj. not permanent, brief, transient. Phrases and idioms: transitory action Law an action that can be brought in any country irrespective of where the transaction etc. started. Derivatives: transitorily adv. transitoriness n. Etymology: ME f. AF… …
20Transitory action — Transitory Tran si*to*ry, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F. transitoire. See {Transient}.] Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent. [1913 Webster] Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory life, are in trouble.… …