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for the time being en · ADV

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, not-comparable) Temporarily; for now; until later; until the situation changes; in an indefinite period of time.
    • Neither Aracil nor his five friends have the money to pay for the costs of the demolition, which, they say, are punitively over-inflated. For the time being, their hopes rest on legal appeals, and should those fail, on a crowdfunding campaign. 2022 September 24, Sam Jones, “Ill-fated Spanish village poised to be destroyed a third time”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
    • And so, unfortunately, this great and spreading network of railways, that recently showed such promise as a major instrument in the modern development of China, must be left for the time being in the melting-pot of Armageddon. 1941 October, F. S. Bond, “The Railways of China”, in Railway Magazine, page 440:
    • I think I will ignore the problem for the time being.

Synonyms

for the time · pro tem · for time

Translations (60)

fr pour le moment (temporarily; until later) · ru пока́ что (temporarily; until later) · cy am dro (temporarily; until later) · de vorläufig (temporarily; until later) · de fürs Erste (temporarily; until later) · nl voorlopig (temporarily; until later) · ca ara per ara (temporarily; until later) · es por ahora (temporarily; until later) · hu egyelőre (temporarily; until later) · nl vooreerst (temporarily; until later) · scn ora pi ora (temporarily; until later) · de bis auf Weiteres (temporarily; until later) · is í þetta sinn (temporarily; until later) · fi tällä erää (temporarily; until later) · hu per pillanat (temporarily; until later) · sv tills vidare (temporarily; until later) · es por el momento (temporarily; until later) · ja 当分の間 (temporarily; until later) · et ajutiselt (temporarily; until later) · cmn 就目前而言 (temporarily; until later) · ca de moment (temporarily; until later) · cmn 暫時 /暂时 (temporarily; until later) · de vorerst (temporarily; until later) · be паку́ль (temporarily; until later) · pl chwilowo (temporarily; until later) · fi tältä erää (temporarily; until later) · hu pillanatnyilag (temporarily; until later) · uk по́ки (temporarily; until later) · fi toistaiseksi (temporarily; until later) · es hoy por hoy (temporarily; until later) · cmn 權時 /权时 (temporarily; until later) · es por lo pronto (temporarily; until later) · el για την ώρα (temporarily; until later) · de zunächst einmal (temporarily; until later) · ro deocamdată (temporarily; until later) · pt por enquanto (temporarily; until later) · el προς το παρόν (temporarily; until later) · cy am y tro (temporarily; until later) · ro pentru moment (temporarily; until later) · cmn 權且 /权且 (temporarily; until later) · pl na razie (temporarily; until later) · es de momento (temporarily; until later) · cmn 姑且 (temporarily; until later) · tr geçici olarak (temporarily; until later) · uk нара́зі (temporarily; until later) · tr şimdilik (temporarily; until later) · ja 差し当たり (temporarily; until later) · te ప్రస్తుతానికి (temporarily; until later) · fr pour l'instant (temporarily; until later) · cs prozatím (temporarily; until later) · de einstweilen (temporarily; until later) · ru до поры́ до вре́мени (temporarily; until later) · hy առայժմ (temporarily; until later) · az hələlik (temporarily; until later) · ru пока́ (temporarily; until later) · el για τώρα (temporarily; until later) · pl póki co (temporarily; until later) · ja 取りあえず (temporarily; until later) · it per il momento (temporarily; until later) · sv för tillfället (temporarily; until later)