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transienttran‧si‧ent1 /ˈtrænziənt $ ˈtrænʃənt/ adjective formal   transient1Origin: 1500-1600 Latin present participle of transire ‘to go across’, from ire ‘to go’ - transient pleasures
- Phoenix has a very transient population.
- Elevations of serum transaminase are usually transient and dose-related, but occasionally can indicate severe hepatotoxicity.
- Once the transient sleep problem has passed, stop taking the sleeping pills.
- The transient nature of speech does not permit editing of the speech signal.
- The cause is not transient but structural and deep-seated.
- The essentially transient regime left behind little but resentment and destruction.
- The grandchild's more numerous social connections are shallower, more transient and imbued with less moral content than the grandfather's.
- They list possible side effects as mild to moderate and transient.
- With further respiratory tract infections there remains a tendency to impaired hearing, but this is transient.
► temporary continuing for only a limited period of time: · I’ve got a temporary office job, but I hope I’ll find something more permanent soon.· I’m sure the problem is only temporary.· temporary staff· a temporary visa ► provisional temporary – used especially about arrangements or information that people may decide to change in the future. Also used about licences or governments which are only arranged to last for a short time: · Does the hotel accept provisional bookings?· They have set a provisional date for the next meeting.· a provisional driving licence· In June, the rebels claimed to have formed a provisional government.· Provisional figures yesterday from the Department of Transport showed that 4,274 people were killed last year — 6 percent fewer than the previous year. ► stopgap [only before noun] temporary – used about something that you use for a short time until you can replace it with something better: · The Republicans will approve the one-month budget as a stopgap measure to keep the state operating.· This is only a stopgap solution to the country’s debt problem. ► passing [only before noun] temporary – used about an interest, thought, or feeling that is short and not very serious: · Tonight’s game will be exciting, even to those with only a passing interest in the sport.· As a student, I didn’t give working in finance even a passing thought. ► ephemeral formal existing or popular for only a short time: · the ephemeral beauty of white snow on green trees and bare branches· Many new words, particularly slang, are fleeting and ephemeral. ► transient formal continuing for only a limited time, or staying somewhere for only a short time – used especially to say that something is always changing, or people only stay somewhere for a short time: · the transient nature of life· transient changes in the electrical properties of the neurons· Arizona has a highly transient population. 1continuing only for a short time:  transient fashions2working or staying somewhere for only a short time: a transient population—transience noun [uncountable] |