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   ephemeral

   /ɪˈfɛm(ə)rəl/

   adjective

   • 1. lasting for a very short time: "fashions are ephemeral: new ones regularly drive out the old"
   • ▪ (chiefly of plants) having a very short life cycle: "chickweed is an ephemeral weed, producing several generations in one season"

   noun

   • 1. an ephemeral plant: "ephemerals avoid the periods of drought as seeds"

   Word Origin late 16th century: from Greek ephēmeros (see ephemera) + -al.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ephemerality noun
   • 2. ephemerally adverb
   • 3. ephemeralness noun

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   What's a short ephemeral sentence?

   • Fame in the world of rock and pop is largely ephemeral. short He received a short jail sentence. quick I need to make a quick phone call - I'll be right back. brief We had a brief chat this morning. short and sweet The business meeting was short and sweet. momentary It was just a momentary lapse in judgment - I won't do it again.

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   What does ephemeral mean?

   • Another ephemeral paper, L'Italia del Popolo, was launched on its short career. They were, no doubt, chiefly of a pantomimic and ephemeral kind. But like all dunghill products, the life of these was ephemeral. Ephemeral definition: lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory. See examples of EPHEMERAL used in a sentence.

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   What does ephemera mean?

   • The word became more general, coming to mean "lasting a short time," covering the life spans of plants or insects and then eventually anything that is fleeting or transitory. A related word is the plural noun ephemera, meaning "things that are meant to last for only a short time."

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   What is ephemeral fever?

   • When ephemeral (from the Greek word ephēmeros, meaning "lasting a day") first appeared in print in English in the late 16th century, it was a scientific term applied to short-term fevers, and later, to organisms (such as insects and flowers) with very short life spans.

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   noun. : something that lasts for a very short time : something ephemeral. specifically : a plant that grows, flowers, and dies in a few days. Did you know? The Mayfly Helps to Illustrate Ephemeral.

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   adjective. uk / ɪˈfem. ə r. ə l / us / ɪˈfem.ɚ. ə l / Add to word list. lasting for only a short time: Fame in the world of rock and pop is largely ephemeral. Synonyms. brief (SHORT IN TIME) evanescent formal. fleeting. fugitive (TEMPORARY) formal. momentary. passing. short-lived. transient formal. transitory formal.

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   Ephemeral definition: lasting a very short time; short-lived; transitory. See examples of EPHEMERAL used in a sentence.

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   adjective. us / ɪˈfem·ər·əl / Add to word list. lasting for only a short time: ephemeral fame. (Definition of ephemeral from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of ephemeral. ephemeral. And that permanence sends a powerful message -- that the memory of the tragedy won't be ephemeral. From TIME.

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   Definition of ephemeral adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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   If you describe something as ephemeral, you mean that it lasts only for a short time. [ formal ] He talked about the country's ephemeral unity being shattered by the defeat.

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    Something that is fleeting or short-lived is ephemeral, like a fly that lives for one day or text messages flitting from cellphone to cellphone.