Meaning of temporal in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Classifying Adjective
    1. Definitions
  3. Noun
    1. Definitions
  4. Qualitative Adjective
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions

  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈtɛmp(ə)rəl/

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  1. Classifying Adjective

    temporal

    Definitions

    1. not eternal

    Examples

    • « temporal matters of but fleeting moment- F.D.Roosevelt »

    Synonyms

  2. 2. of the material world

    Examples

    • « temporal possessions of the church »

    Synonyms

  3. 3. concerned with secular rather than sacred matters

    Examples

    • « lords temporal and spiritual »

    Synonyms

  4. 4. of this earth or world

    Examples

    • « temporal joys »
    • « our temporal existence »

    Synonyms

  5. Noun

    temporal

    Definitions

    1. the semantic role of the noun phrase that designating the time of the state or action denoted by the verb

  6. Qualitative Adjective

    temporal

    Etymology

    Middle English: from Old French temporel or Latin temporalis, from tempus, tempor-‘time’

    Definitions

    1. of or relating to or limited by time

    Examples

    • « temporal processing »
    • « temporal dimensions »
    • « temporal and spacial boundaries »
    • « music is a temporal art »
  7. 2. of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit)

    Examples

    • « temporal bone »

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