transient

  • 11transient — I adjective brevis, brief, caducous, deciduous, elusive, ephemeral, ephemerous, evanescent, fading, fleeting, fluxus, fugacious, fugax, fugitive, hasty, impermanent, inconstant, interim, meteoric, migratory, momentary, passing, perishable,… …

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  • 12transient — TRANSIÉNT, Ă adj. v. tranzient. Trimis de LauraGellner, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DN …

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  • 13transient — / transitory [adj] temporary, brief changeable, deciduous, emigrating, ephemeral, evanescent, flash, fleeting, flitting, fly bynight*, flying, fugacious, fugitive, going by, impermanent, insubstantial, migrating, momentary, moving, passing,… …

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  • 14transient — I. adjective Etymology: Latin transeunt , transiens, present participle of transire to cross, pass by, from trans + ire to go more at issue Date: 1599 1. a. passing especially quickly into and out of existence ; transitory < transient beauty > …

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  • 15transient — I UK [ˈtrænzɪənt] / US [ˈtrænʃənt] / US [ˈtrænzɪənt] adjective existing, happening, or staying somewhere for a short period of time only transient damage transient workers Derived words: transience noun uncountable the transience of human&#8230; …

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  • 16transient — /ˈtrænziənt / (say tranzeeuhnt) adjective 1. passing with time; not lasting or enduring; transitory. 2. lasting only for a time; temporary: transient authority. 3. remaining for only a short time, as a guest at a hotel. 4. Philosophy → transeunt …

  • 17transient — transiently, adv. transientness, n. /tran sheuhnt, zheuhnt, zee euhnt/, adj. 1. not lasting, enduring, or permanent; transitory. 2. lasting only a short time; existing briefly; temporary: transient authority. 3. staying only a short time: the&#8230; …

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  • 18transient — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Temporary] Syn. provisional, ephemeral, transitory, momentary, evanescent, fleeting; see also temporary . 2. [In motion] Syn. migrating, emigrating, vacating; see moving 2 . Syn. transient applies to that which lasts or&#8230; …

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  • 19transient — tran|si|ent1 [ˈtrænziənt US ˈtrænʃənt] adj formal [Date: 1500 1600; : Latin; Origin: , present participle of transire to go across , from ire to go ] 1.) continuing only for a short time ▪ transient fashions 2.) working or staying somewhere for&#8230; …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 20transient — tran|sient1 [ trænʃənt, trænziənt ] adjective existing, happening, or staying somewhere for a short period of time only: transient damage transient workers ╾ tran|sience noun uncount: the transience of human existence ╾ tran|sient|ly adverb&#8230; …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English