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.

adverb

1. meanwhile def.

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

interim

²

/ 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of interim¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of interim¹

C16: from Latin: meanwhile

Idioms and Phrases

see in the interim .

Example Sentences

He was named interim president of the WDSF and convinced leadership to relocate its headquarters from Barcelona to Lausanne, Switzerland, where the IOC is based.

From Washington Post

Medhurst, who will continue to host the Nationals postgame show on WJFK, was the station’s primary fill-in host in the afternoons after Chad Dukes was fired in late October and has served as the interim midday host since last month.

From Washington Post

This would include the Oslo Accords, signed in 1995 as an interim agreement.

From Popular-Science

Everett Lott, interim director of the District Department of Transportation, said in a statement that the redesign is “an important milestone” in making the area safer.

From Washington Post

Mayor Todd Gloria, then Council president who took over as interim mayor, decided to keep working with Hughes.

From Voice of San Diego

Importantly, as part of the interim plan, Iran has diluted or converted its stockpile of 20 percent enriched uranium.

From The Daily Beast

To date, much of the details of the diplomacy and even the interim deal between Iran and the West are shrouded in secrecy.

From The Daily Beast

That means Hwang could have consolidated his position in the interim and now feels secure enough to travel for a day.

From The Daily Beast

In the interim, I had to decide whether I was going to quit or be a professional and finish the scene.

From The Daily Beast

That brings us to the next theory: Alex Vause is Nancy during her behind-bars interim.

From The Daily Beast

Railways of course formed part of our inquiry, but they were dealt with in our Interim Reports.

From Project Gutenberg

Richardotus, spoke somewhat more plainly, That he knew not what in this interim should be done against England.

From Project Gutenberg

During the interim Severne had found that his glooming was becoming altogether too realistic for his peace of mind.

From Project Gutenberg

He had just been betrothed, was not yet wedded; thought good to turn the interim to advantage in that way.

From Project Gutenberg

What the Tobacco-Parliament's specific insinuations and deliberations were, in this alarming interim, no Hansard gives us a hint.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• provisional