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interim

[ in-ter-uhm ]

noun

  1. an intervening time; interval; meantime:

    School doesn't start till September, but he's taking a Spanish class in the interim.

  2. a temporary or provisional arrangement; stopgap; makeshift:

    As an interim, her summer job was pretty good.

  3. Interim, Church History. any of three provisional arrangements for the settlement of religious differences between German Protestants and Roman Catholics during the Reformation.


adjective

  1. for, during, belonging to, or connected with an intervening period of time; temporary; provisional:

    This is just an interim arrangement till office renovations are finished.

    She is the organization’s interim director while the board reviews applications for the role.

Interim

1

/ ˈɪ²Ô³ÙÉ™°ùɪ³¾ /

noun

  1. any of three provisional arrangements made during the Reformation by the German emperor and Diet to regulate religious differences between Roman Catholics and Protestants
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interim

2

/ ˈɪ²Ô³ÙÉ™°ùɪ³¾ /

adjective

  1. prenominal temporary, provisional, or intervening

    interim measures to deal with the emergency

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noun

  1. the interim
    the intervening time; the meantime (esp in the phrase in the interim )
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adverb

  1. rare.
    meantime
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of interim1

First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin: “in the meantime,†from inter “between†+ -im, adverb suffix
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of interim1

C16: from Latin: meanwhile
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Idioms and Phrases

see in the interim .
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He says, thanks to the interim leader, he now has a better chance of becoming an entrepreneur.

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Neither Trump, nor Blanche nor Martin seems to grasp the difference between a private attorney and one in the public sector, despite serving as president, Deputy AG, and an interim U.S.

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Big Brother Watch interim director Rebecca Vincent says the judgement is "effectively chipping away at the pervasive climate of secrecy surrounding the Investigatory Powers Tribunal's consideration of the Apple case".

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Simon Rusk is expected to step in as interim manager with Adam Lallana acting as his assistant.

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They had five points from Martin's top-flight spell this season, one under interim boss Simon Rusk and four so far during Juric's tenure.

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