| COTEMPORARY | • cotemporary adj. (Now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary. • cotemporary n. (Now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary. • COTEMPORARY adj. contemporary, also CONTEMPORARY. |
| EXTEMPORARY | • extemporary adj. Extemporaneous. • EXTEMPORARY adj. unpremeditated; esp. of prayer, discourse, composition, etc., also EXTEMPORANEOUS, EXTEMPORE. |
| EXTEMPORISE | • extemporise v. (Intransitive) To do something, particularly to perform or speak, without prior planning or thought;… • extemporise v. (Intransitive) To do something in a makeshift way. • extemporise v. (Transitive) To make or create ex tempore. |
| EXTEMPORIZE | • extemporize v. (Intransitive) To perform or speak without prior planning or thought; to act in an impromptu manner; to improvise. • extemporize v. (Transitive) To adapt, improvise, or devise action or speech in an impromptu or spontaneous manner. • EXTEMPORIZE v. to perform without preparation or practice; to improvise, also EXTEMPORISE. |
| NONTEMPORAL | • nontemporal adj. Not temporal. • NONTEMPORAL adj. not temporal. |
| TEMPOLABILE | • tempolabile adj. Subject to change over time. • TEMPOLABILE adj. in chemistry, tending to change with time. |
| TEMPORALISE | • temporalise v. Alternative form of temporalize. • TEMPORALISE v. to make temporal, also TEMPORALIZE. |
| TEMPORALITY | • temporality n. The condition of being bounded in time (of being temporal). • TEMPORALITY n. civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority. |
| TEMPORALIZE | • temporalize v. (Transitive, often philosophy) To situate in time. • temporalize v. To secularize. • TEMPORALIZE v. to make temporal, also TEMPORALISE. |
| TEMPORARIES | • temporaries n. Plural of temporary. • TEMPORARY n. someone in a position of temporary employment. |
| TEMPORARILY | • temporarily adv. For a limited period of time; not permanently. • TEMPORARY adv. not permanent. |
| TEMPORISERS | • temporisers n. Plural of temporiser. • TEMPORISER n. one who temporises, also TEMPORIZER. |
| TEMPORISING | • temporising v. Present participle of temporise. • temporising n. Alternative form of temporizing. • TEMPORISING n. delaying so as to gain time or to avoid making a decision. |
| TEMPORIZERS | • temporizers n. Plural of temporizer. • TEMPORIZER n. one who temporizes, also TEMPORISER. |
| TEMPORIZING | • temporizing adj. Of or relating to temporization (in its various senses). • temporizing n. The act of one who temporizes, or acts evasively. • temporizing v. Present participle of temporize. |