Glossary entry

Portuguese term or phrase:

provisoriedade

English translation:

transience

Added to glossary by Mark Robertson
Mar 19, 2020 20:25
4 yrs ago
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Portuguese term

provisoriedade

Portuguese to English Science Mathematics & Statistics statistics
" situações que envolvem a apropriação de uma linguagem probabilística conectada a ideias de incerteza, possibilidade e provisoriedade. "
I found "provisionary" and "provisionaly", none of which describe the concept IMHO.
any suggestions appreciated!
stay safe :)
Change log

Mar 27, 2020 15:13: Mark Robertson changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/109243">Bett's</a> old entry - "provisoriedade "" to ""transience""

Discussion

Bett (asker) Mar 27, 2020:
thank you all for your invaluable suggestions! All noted.
Mark Robertson Mar 20, 2020:
The asker is looking for a noun.

Proposed translations

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Selected

transience

transience: the quality of being transient (= temporary):

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/transien...

transient: lasting for only a short time; temporary:
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interim


provisoriedade (MICHAELIS)
pro·vi·so·ri·e·da·de
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Qualidade ou caráter do que é provisório; transitoriedade.
interim (CONCISE OXFORD THESAURUS)
▶ noun in the interim they did more research: MEANTIME, meanwhile, intervening time.
▶ adjective an interim advisory body: PROVISIONAL, temporary, pro tem, stopgap, short-term, fill-in, caretaker, acting, intervening, transitional, makeshift, improvised, impromptu
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26 mins

interim / ad interim

Estes termos significam, respectivamente, "provisório" e "ao provisório".
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+1
26 mins

temporariness/fugacity

Peer comment(s):

agree Clauwolf : p. supuesto
42 mins
Gracias Clauwolf!
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1 hr

provisionality

Example sentence:

Deliberative democracy accepts the provisionality of its principles but rejects the provisionality of moral reasoning itself as a way of assessing politics.

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