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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

/ 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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interim

2

/ ˈɪntərɪm /

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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Word 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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Word 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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Example Sentences

“Pertussis activity continues to increase, and we are seeing an upswing in cases on track to returning to pre-pandemic numbers,” Dr. Ankita Kadakia, the interim San Diego County public health officer, said in a statement.

The Children’s Museum is now an interim homeless shelter.

In the interim, the two sides conferred and came to an agreement on a different policy — but one that also mentions the need to cooperate with oversight investigations.

It’s tough taking over as an interim coach, with lots of pressure.

“These cases are rare,” said Oscar Monge, the group’s interim executive director.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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