temporary structure

collocation in English

meaningsoftemporaryandstructure

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temporary
adjective
uk
/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/ˈtem.pə.rer.i/
not lasting or needed for ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition oftemporaryandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftemporary structure

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Evaluation contexts contain an abstraction of thetemporarystructureneeded to compute the result of an operation.
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It is thus atemporarystructurewhich, in the light of our results, is not involved in spindle formation.
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Atemporarystructurecould be put up there.
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In effect, by working night and day, union and non-union men erected a partlytemporarystructurewithin an unfinished permanent one, a monumental laboring feat.
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Could not sometemporarystructurebe quickly erected so that visitors can have these facilities?
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The structure is only atemporarystructurefor a particular purpose.
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The carriageway of the new bridge, which is atemporarystructure, is 3 ft.
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Atemporarystructurewas erected thereafter.
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Atemporarystructureopened in 1851.
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The exhibition centre is atemporarystructurewhich will need to be removed with other worksite facilities in 1998.
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Why then do we deliberately raise atemporarystructurewhich has a shelf life of only 25 years?
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The present shop and its store constitute the type oftemporarystructurewhich seems to outlive us all.
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If what the man has put up is simply atemporarystructure, 21 years is too long.
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By then the originaltemporarystructurehad to be rebuilt.
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Initially, the terminal was housed in a smalltemporarystructure.
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None lived in a caravan, other mobile ortemporarystructure.
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Atemporarystructureserved as the first church in 1926.
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Regardless, the wooden tower was atemporarystructure.
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Atemporarystructurecalled the manchette assists in this elongation.
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Initially the building was designed as atemporarystructure.
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Construction on thetemporarystructurebegan in spring 2011.
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Atemporarystructurehoused the court until 1816, when a third, more permanent, building was erected.
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Thistemporarystructurewas never replaced, and stood throughout the years of the ground.
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Thistemporarystructurestill exists although not in its original position.
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