Link to the Show / Show NotesTRANSITORY = not permanent or lasting, but existing only for a short time.
Examples:
- The Dutch soccer team took an early but transitory lead in the first half of Sunday's game.
- According to the government, the sudden shift in consumer spending will prove to be transitory.
- The "green flash" is a transitory green glow on the horizon at the moment the sun sets.
Synonyms:
temporary, short-term, short-lived, momentary, fleeting, transient
Antonyms:
lengthy, long-lived, permanent
STRATIFY = 1. to make, arrange, or divide into layers; 2. to divide (society)
into social status groups; 3. to preserve seeds for germination by
placing between layers of earth
Synonyms:
tier, layer, divide, classify
Examples:
- Marc stratified the research document into several smaller reports.
- The professor stratified our research group by age and level of education.
- Alcoholism is an epidemic that has touched every stratum of our society.
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