Download the app
educalingo
Search
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being.
David Rockefeller

Meaning of "for the time being" in the English dictionary

Dictionary
DICTIONARY
section

PRONUNCIATION OF FOR THE TIME BEING

for the time being play
facebooktwitterpinterestwhatsapp

WHAT DOES FOR THE TIME BEING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

For the Time Being

For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio, is a long poem by W. H. Auden, written 1941-42, and first published in 1944. It was one of two long poems included in Auden's book also titled For the Time Being, published in 1944; the other poem included in the book was "The Sea and the Mirror". The poem is a series of dramatic monologues spoken by the characters in the Christmas story and by choruses and a narrator. The characters all speak in modern diction, and the events of the story are portrayed as if they occurred in the contemporary world. Auden wrote the poem to be set to music by Benjamin Britten, but it was far too long for this purpose, and Britten set only two fragments, including one that Auden dropped before the work was published. The poem is dedicated to the memory of Auden's mother, Constance Rosalie Bicknell Auden.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FOR THE TIME BEING

for rent
for short
for show
for starters
for sure
for that matter
for the best
for the better
for the birds
for the foreseeable future
for the hell of it
for the life of one
for the love of
for the most part
for the present
for the record
for the world
for the worse
for toffee
for words

WORDS THAT END LIKE FOR THE TIME BEING

ageing
anti-ageing
being
blueing
call into being
canoeing
dyeing
fellow being
horseshoeing
human being
inbeing
nonbeing
seeing
sightseeing
snowshoeing
Supreme Being
tie-dyeing
unbeing
unseeing
wellbeing

Synonyms and antonyms of for the time being in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FOR THE TIME BEING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «for the time being» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of for the time being

Translation of «for the time being» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR
online translator

TRANSLATION OF FOR THE TIME BEING

Find out the translation of for the time being to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of for the time being from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «for the time being» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

暂且
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Siendo por el momento
570 millions of speakers

English

for the time being
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

समय के लिए किया जा रहा है
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

في الوقت الحاضر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

в настоящее время
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

por enquanto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপাতত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pour le moment
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Buat masa ini
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

vorerst
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

当分の間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

당분간
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kanggo wektu iki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trong thời gian tới
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தற்போதைக்கு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सध्यापुरते
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

şu an için
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

per il momento
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

na razie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

в даний час
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pentru moment
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προς το παρόν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vir die oomblik
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

för tillfället
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

for tiden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of for the time being

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FOR THE TIME BEING»

The term «for the time being» is very widely used and occupies the 5.514 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
0
100%
FREQUENCY
Very widely used
98
/100
The map shown above gives the frequency of use of the term «for the time being» in the different countries.
Principal search tendencies and common uses of for the time being
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «for the time being».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FOR THE TIME BEING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «for the time being» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «for the time being» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about for the time being

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «FOR THE TIME BEING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word for the time being.
1
Kim Campbell
Some of you may have been hoping that today I would speak about Lucien Bouchard's latest economic theories. But I have decided to spare him for the time being: after all, he is a man.
2
Alfred Doblin
And if you ask again whether there is any justice in the world, you'll have to be satisfied with the reply: Not for the time being; at any rate, not up to this Friday.
3
James Dobson
Clearly, unless the Lord chooses to explain Himself to us, which often He does not, His motivation and purposes are beyond the reach of mortal man. What this means in practical terms is that many of our questions - especially those that begin with the word 'why' - will have to remain unanswered for the time being.
4
Eva Herzigova
But for the time being, I've only learned one cake recipe and how to make scrambled eggs.
5
Franz Kafka
So long as you have food in your mouth, you have solved all questions for the time being.
6
Gustav Krupp
I knew German history well, and out of my experiences in the rest of the world I believed to know the German kind; therefore I never doubted that, although for the time being all indications were against it, one day a change would come.
7
V. S. Naipaul
In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for the time being, and only for the time being - to live in our own way and according to our own rules, to live in our own fading India.
8
Ed Rendell
I think a moratorium probably is legal, and we should probably for a short period of time impose a moratorium so that we don't permit any additional landfill permits for the time being, so we don't exacerbate the problem.
9
David Rockefeller
The attacks on the World Trade Center and the current economic recession, which is particularly powerful in New York City, have put a number of building plans on hold for the time being.
10
Matthew Simpson
It is a principle of our nature that feelings once excited turn readily from the object by which they are excited to some other object which may for the time being take possession of the mind.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FOR THE TIME BEING»

Discover the use of for the time being in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to for the time being and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel
A brilliant, unforgettable novel from bestselling author Ruth Ozeki—shortlisted for the Booker Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award “A time being is someone who lives in time, and that means you, and me, and every one of us ...
Ruth Ozeki, 2013
2
For the Time Being
"--Rocky Mountain News From the Trade Paperback edition.
Annie Dillard, 2010
3
For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio
This edition provides the most accurate text of the poem, a detailed introduction by Alan Jacobs that explains its themes and sets the poem in its proper contexts, and thorough annotations of its references and allusions.
W. H. Auden, Alan Jacobs, 2013
4
For the Time Being
Over the next eight years or so, Bogarde wrote much of the criticism, essays, obituaries, fragments of autobiography and appreciations which are collected in this volume - a body of work that offers fascinating insights into the life, mind ...
Dirk Bogarde, 2012
5
Marsupial: Our Mother for the Time Being
These are presented in different typefaces and genres of documents, and are interspersed with lots of White's gnarly and evocative dada-punk collages" - Erik Davis.
Derek White, 2008
6
For the Time Being: Ethnography of Everyday Life
Through the sharing of one man's life and photographs, this ethnography of human existence covers religion, philosophy, literature, the environment, visual arts, music, drama, literary criticism, sociology, and the psychology of self.
Richard Quinney, 1998
7
Love Stories for the Time Being
Twenty-six authors, including Raymond Carver, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Tyler, Mary Gordon, and Ellen Wilbur, share stories concerning love relationships
Genie D. Chipps, Bill Henderson, 1989
8
For the time being. Accounting for inconclusive findings ...
Ferry Koster. short future. However, employees with a permanent contract can – for various reasons such as having joined a team only recently or leaving a team in the near future – likewise have a relationship with a short past and a short ...
Ferry Koster
9
The Towers of February: A Diary by an Anonymous (for the ...
A fourteen-year-old boy finds himself transported to another dimension and unable to remember his past.
Tonke Dragt, 1975
10
For the time being: a science fiction fantasy
Chronicles the adventures of ten MENSA-gifted graduate students who are captured by aliens, and when they secretly begin to build a time machine in the hopes of returning home, they discover that this is exactly the reason they were ...
Marie DesJardin, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FOR THE TIME BEING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term for the time being is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The U.S. Is Still Indispensable. For the Time Being. - Newsweek
U.S. service members from Joint Task Force 505 unload casualties of an earthquake from a U.S. Marine Corps MV-22 Osprey aircraft to a ... «Newsweek, Jul 15»
2
Rob Refsnyder debuts in Yankees' 5-3 loss to Red Sox
For the time being, it seems, the Yankees simply want to finish off the first half of the season with a win and a third straight series victory. «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
3
Comic-Con: 'The Last Man on Earth's' Will Forte Teases the Return …
... is definitely coming back," said Forte, who also stated Phil will go back to being Phil "for the time being" after briefly going by the name Tandy. «Hollywood Reporter, Jul 15»
4
Billy Fleming returns home, this time wearing a Thunder jersey
Trenton >> Billy Fleming is living at home for the time being and couldn't be happier about it. The boy who grew up coming to Thunder games is ... «The Trentonian, Jul 15»
5
Detroit shipping container model homes near completion | MLive.com
The North Corktown building is essentially two homes, which for the time being will serve as model units. The lower unit is a two-bedroom, ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
6
Batman: Arkham Knight PC DLC Delayed Until The Game Is Fixed …
... everything up and running is heartening for PC players like myself, but that foxus also means PC DLC is on the backburner for the time being. «Kotaku Australia, Jul 15»
7
A historymaking fowl (foul?) visit to the Coast | Living | The Sun Herald
... train after flying a motion picture executive to New Orleans and "was delighted to be able to stop off in Biloxi for the time being to shake hands ... «SunHerald.com, Jul 15»
8
Suicide Squad Trailer Leaks After Comic-Con Panel | Attack of the …
Hopefully we can still get an official trailer soon, but for the time being you will just have to check out the off-screen capture of the trailer, which ... «Attack of the Fanboy, Jul 15»
9
Rescued Lawrence County shelter dogs reunited with families …
The committee agreed that the county would continue taking animals to the Morgan County Animal Shelter for the time being. The Lawrence ... «WTVM, Jul 15»
10
Milestone Returns to DC as the 'Earth M' Universe - Comics Alliance
The characters will remain within their own shared universe for the time being, although the founders say there'll be room for integration down ... «ComicsAlliance, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. For the time being [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/for-the-time-being>. May 2024 ».
Download the educalingo app
en
English dictionary
Discover all that is hidden in the words on
index
a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z