interim

[ in-ter-uhm ]
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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.

  1. 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.

adverb

Origin of interim

1
First recorded in 1540–50; from Latin: “in the meantime,” from inter “between” + -im, adverb suffix

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British Dictionary definitions for interim (1 of 2)

interim

/ (ˈɪntərɪm) /


adjective
  1. (prenominal) temporary, provisional, or intervening: interim measures to deal with the emergency

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

adverb
  1. rare meantime

Origin of interim

1
C16: from Latin: meanwhile

British Dictionary definitions for Interim (2 of 2)

Interim

/ (ˈɪntərɪm) /


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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Other Idioms and Phrases with interim

interim

see in the interim.

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