"pro tem" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /pɹəʊˈtɛm/
Etymology: Clipping of pro tempore, from Latin prō tempore (literally “for a time”) Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|pro tempore}} Clipping of pro tempore, {{uder|en|la|prō tempore|lit=for a time}} Latin prō tempore (literally “for a time”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-|nolinkhead=1}} pro tem (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly US) temporary Tags: US, not-comparable Synonyms (temporary): pro tempore Translations (temporary): fungerende (Danish), auf Zeit (German), vorübergehend (German), 仮の (karino) (alt: かりの) (Japanese), 一時的な (ichijiteki na) (alt: いちじてきな) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-pro_tem-en-adj-6ouCpcQq Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'temporary': 96 4 Disambiguation of 'temporary': 96 4
  2. (chiefly US) acting (of a job or role), serving temporarily Tags: US, not-comparable Synonyms: pro tempore [acting, film, theater, entertainment, lifestyle, television, broadcasting, media] Translations (acting): tạm quyền (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-pro_tem-en-adj-E7BbeORz Categories (other): American English Disambiguation of 'acting': 4 96

Adverb

IPA: /pɹəʊˈtɛm/
Etymology: Clipping of pro tempore, from Latin prō tempore (literally “for a time”) Etymology templates: {{clipping|en|pro tempore}} Clipping of pro tempore, {{uder|en|la|prō tempore|lit=for a time}} Latin prō tempore (literally “for a time”) Head templates: {{en-adv|-|nolinkhead=1}} pro tem (not comparable)
  1. (chiefly US) temporarily; for the time being Tags: US, not-comparable Synonyms: pro tem., p.t. Synonyms (temporarily): pro tempore Translations (temporarily): p.t. (Danish), fungerende (Danish), auf Zeit (German), vorübergehend (German), 仮に (karini) (alt: かりに) (Japanese), 一時的に (ichijiteki ni) (alt: いちじてきに) (Japanese), ad hoc (Polish), doraźnie (Polish)
    Sense id: en-pro_tem-en-adv-MXmw2sFn Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 24 53 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 24 20 55 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 19 20 61 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 27 23 50

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