pro tem

Examples

• All

• He will act as the chair pro tem until a permanent chair is elected.

• We have three or four attorneys sitting pro tem and two retired judges.

  Fiction book (1993)

• Inside, it was rigged with a pro tem judge and a Bible.

  Fiction book (1997)

• One could argue that they were not the strongest team behind Campbell, so these jobs matter, whoever is elected pro tem.

  Blog text (14)

• Myron Lowery has done an excellent job as mayor pro tem.

  Blog text (24)

• Lieutenant Miller, United States Marine Corps... ...appointed defense counsel pro tem, sirs.

  South Sea Woman (1953)

• Current pro tem John Campbell of Windsor County wants to keep the job and says he has the votes, though senators have been increasingly vocal with complaints about how the Senate was run last session.

  Blog text (14)

• Normally, the full leadership team is elected: pro tem, member of the powerful Committee on Committees, Senate majority leader, and assistant majority leader, but word is that only pro tem and the Committee on Committees member will be selected at this time.

  Blog text (14)

• For now, Tippecanoe County Senior Judge Thomas Milligan—he retired in 2010 after 36 years behind the bench in Montgomery Circuit Court—is serving as pro tem.

  Blog text (14)

• The senator served as president pro tem while the official leader was away.

Synonyms

T

temporarily

vspro tem

222 3.2

For a short time and not permanent

highlights official or acting roles instead of any short duration

F

for the time being

vspro tem

106 3.4

For now until the situation changes

focuses on official acting status rather than general current situations

P

pro tempore

vspro tem

• Formal

1 9.3

For a short time in an official job until a permanent person is chosen

is less formal and applies more widely outside official roles

How Temporary

ad hoc

1 6.9

pro tem

• Formal

3 9.0

temporary

557 3.0

long-term

502 3.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology