TEMPORARY STATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does temporary state mean? 

• TEMPORARY STATE (noun)
  The noun TEMPORARY STATE has 1 sense:

1. a state that continues for a limited time

  Familiarity information: TEMPORARY STATE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEMPORARY STATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state that continues for a limited time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("temporary state" is a kind of...):

state (the way something is with respect to its main attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "temporary state"):

frame of mind; state of mind (a temporary psychological state)

fatigue; tiredness; weariness (temporary loss of strength and energy resulting from hard physical or mental work)

depletion (the state of being depleted)

drunkenness; inebriation; inebriety; insobriety; intoxication; tipsiness (a temporary state resulting from excessive consumption of alcohol)

soberness; sobriety (the state of being sober and not intoxicated by alcohol)

sleeplessness; wakefulness (a temporary state in which you are unable (or unwilling) to sleep)

drowsiness; sleepiness; somnolence (a very sleepy state)

emergency (a state in which martial law applies)

clutch (a tense critical situation)

 Context examples 

A relatively temporary state of feeling.

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