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Definition of transient
1a : passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory transient beautyb : passing through or by a place with only a brief stay or sojourn transient visitors
2 : affecting something or producing results beyond itself
transiently
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Examples of transient in a Sentence
A Summer in New York is actually Europe, the Sequel—city of transient Danes and Italians and Spaniards and French. —Guy Trebay, Village Voice, 30 July 1991
But Vandenberg, who had already written a hagiographic biography of Hamilton, was doing his personal hero no service. Rather, he trivialized him by dragging him into the transient issues of the day. —John Steele Gordon, American Heritage, July/August 1990
The mountain lies between his residence and the main road, and occludes the expectation of transient visits. —Thomas Jefferson, letter, 4 Aug. 1820
Recent Examples of transient from the Web
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Desai said Washington is an attractive market in part because of its density and its transient population, which means there are probably a lot of people in the area who don't have a regular primary-care doctor.
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The Graywood was an SRO for transient homeless people, just like Gideon’s building.
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NCT 127 is one of several groups under SM Entertainment’s newest experiment, global domination via transient K-pop acts united under the NCT umbrella.
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Police arrested a Costa Mesa transient Sunday night on suspicion of stealing from a Target store and punching a security guard before fleeing, authorities said.
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One funding source suggested Wednesday was using revenue from transient occupancy taxes, which are paid by hotel guests in the city.
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A second point of contention is how quickly the scope can shift from a wide-field survey mode to one that would focus on transient phenomena, such as gamma ray bursts and supernovae.
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The software can't tell whether the resulting error is a transient glitch or a hardware fault, so limits you to 50 kilometers per hour for safety: No fun with a monster truck hurtling up behind you.
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His transient high school career may offer an uncomfortable vibe for some clubs.
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How Should You Use transient?
A transient mood is one that passes quickly. A brief stopover in a town on your way to somewhere else is a transient visit. A summer job on a farm is transient work, lasting only as long as the growing season. You may occasionally experience a transient episode of dizziness or weakness, which vanishes without a trace. As a noun, transient means a person who passes through a place, staying only briefly. The hoboes and tramps of earlier years were some of our most colorful transients, known for hopping freight trains, panhandling on the street, and stealing homemade pies cooling on the windowsill.
Origin and Etymology of transient
Latin transeunt-, transiens, present participle of transire to cross, pass by, from trans- + ire to go — more at issue
Synonym Discussion of transient
Definition of transient
1 : one that is transient (see 1transient): such asa : a guest or boarder who stays only brieflyb : a person traveling about usually in search of work
2a : a temporary oscillation that occurs in a circuit because of a sudden change of voltage or of loadb : a transient current or voltage
Recent Examples of transient from the Web
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Other missions are also trying to catch transients in the act.
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The population of New Orleans doubled by 1810 and tripled by 1830, to almost 50,000 full-time residents plus many transients.
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Responding deputies arrived in less than a minute and arrested the attacker, since identified as Tolentino, who was initially identified by authorities as a transient.
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The owner of the male dog, Mandy Sanchez, 30, is also a transient, the news release said.
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The cheap motels and deteriorating apartments attracted transients, and over time the neighborhood became a haven for gangs, drug dealers and pervasive crime.
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His gentleness and that of his beloved father (who always invited a Skid Row transient to join the family for Christmas dinner) contrast with other male relatives, wounded literally and psychically by the Vietnam War and other hardships.
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That case collapsed when Stephanie’s blood was found on a shirt worn by a transient seen in the neighborhood the night of the killing.
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The caller reported a male transient shooting up in the bathroom.
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Origin and Etymology of transient
see 1transient
TRANSIENT Defined for English Language Learners
transient
playDefinition of transient for English Language Learners
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: not lasting long
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: staying somewhere only a short time
transient
playDefinition of transient for English Language Learners
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: a person who does not have a permanent home and who stays in a place for only a short time before going somewhere else
TRANSIENT Defined for Kids
Definition of transient for Students
: not lasting or staying long a transient illness transient workers
Definition of transient for Students
: a person traveling about usually in search of work
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