to temp
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3.8
To work for a short time to fill someone else's job or help during busy periods
- verb
- /tɛmp/
:
trabajar temporalmente
- After she graduated, she chose to temp for a few months before settling into a full-time job.
Examples
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She decided to temp at the marketing agency while they looked for a permanent employee.
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Many students temp during the summer to gain work experience and earn some money.
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Listen, everybody with a temp job, man, listen that day, bro, can tell you I've been let go from a temp serving job for real.
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Temping at an accounting firm or something?
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I temped, waited tables...
Synonyms
to fill in
vsto temp
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3.3
Do someone else's job for a short time
works in a short-term job possibly not replacing someone
Antonyms
How Long
Surface Forms
Etymology
Temp (the verb) comes from the same root as temporary and the Latin tempus meaning 'time'. To temp is to work for a short 'time', so the verb keeps the idea of a brief, 'not permanent' job.