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What is the verb for temporary?

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temp
  1. To work as a temporary employee.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fill in, do temporary work, stand in, substitute, sub, cover, relieve, understudy, deputize, replace, alternate, double, act, deputise, do duty, act as deputy, take over from, do somebody's work, hold the fort, take over, take the place of, act as understudy, sit in, step into the breach, do something in someone's stead, provide cover, be a proxy, act as locum, take somebody's place, act as substitute, act as stand-in, pinch-hit, do a locum, do something in someone's place, step in, stand in for, substitute for, fill in for, cover for, act for, double for, deputize for, spell, do the work of, back up, pinch-hit for, be in place of, serve in one's stead, sub for, represent … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I will temp at the office to cover for Jerry while he is on vacation.”
temps
  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of temp
  2. Synonyms:
      3. fills in, does temporary work, stands in, substitutes, subs, covers, relieves, understudies, deputizes, replaces, alternates, doubles, deputises, acts, acts as locum, takes the place of, pinch-hits, acts as deputy, acts as understudy, does a locum, sits in, takes somebody's place, takes over from, steps into the breach, does somebody's work, takes over, acts as stand-in, provides cover, acts as substitute, holds the fort, does duty, steps in, stands in for, substitutes for, fills in for, covers for, acts for, doubles for, deputizes for, subs for, serves in one's stead, pinch-hits for, backs up, does the work of, represents, spells, acts as deputy for, proxies, acts as stand-in for, swaps places with … more
temped
  1. simple past tense and past participle of temp
  2. Synonyms:
      3. filled in, did temporary work, done temporary work, stood in, pinch-hit, substituted, subbed, covered, relieved, understudied, deputized, replaced, alternated, doubled, deputised, acted, held the fort, provided cover, acted as substitute, acted as locum, sat in, stepped into the breach, acted as deputy, acted as understudy, acted as stand-in, done a locum, took over from, took somebody's place, taken over from, taken over, did somebody's work, done duty, took the place of, taken somebody's place, done somebody's work, did a locum, did duty, taken the place of, took over, stepped in, stood in for, substituted for, filled in for, pinch-hit for, covered for, doubled for, deputized for, represented, spelled, served in one's stead … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Right through dessert time, be temped by our extraordinary crêpes Suzette or delicious Pernod pears.”
      “Later during graduate school, she temped for a summer and later went back to this same agency to conduct interviews for this book.”
      “I had temped for a famous agent in town, I really can't say who it is, but I did her as one of my impressions, because Lorne and Marci know her, and they were dying laughing that I used her real name.”
temping
  1. present participle of temp
  2. Synonyms:
      3. filling in, doing temporary work, standing in, substituting, subbing, covering, relieving, understudying, deputizing, replacing, alternating, doubling, deputising, acting, acting as deputy, doing somebody's work, doing duty, acting as understudy, stepping into the breach, doing a locum, taking somebody's place, taking the place of, providing cover, taking over from, taking over, pinch-hitting, holding the fort, sitting in, acting as stand-in, acting as substitute, acting as locum, stepping in, standing in for, substituting for, filling in for, acting for, covering for, doubling for, deputizing for, backing up, pinch-hitting for, subbing for, doing the work of, serving in one's stead, spelling, representing, standing for, sitting in for, acting as stand-in for, filling one's position … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The blue-collar sector posted a 173-percent increase in employment from 1992 to 1997, stronger than the growth in the pink-collar temping.”
      “Many of them are temping until they find something more permanent, and what they're doing at the moment doesn't pay particularly well.”
      “The main increase in temp work has been in fixed-term contracts, which form about half of all temporary employment and agency temping.”
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