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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. Church History.Interim, 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.

interim

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/ ˈɪԳəɪ /

adjective

  1. (prenominal) temporary, provisional, or intervening

    interim measures to deal with the emergency

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noun

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

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adverb

  1. raremeantime

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Interim

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/ ˈɪԳəɪ /

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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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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The targeting of interim homeless housing could dissuade people from moving off the street, or push those in shelters to leave out of fear, said Rowan Vansleve, Hope the Mission’s president.

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"I can easily see a future in which we don't get the Virginia class boats," Mr Roggeveen says, referring to the interim submarines.

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Yunus said Bangladesh's interim government had hired lawyers to try to recover any allegedly stolen funds from the UK.

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John, who has received interim compensation from the Welsh government for the loss of his garden but is awaiting a full settlement, is adamant "it's not over".

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Syria's Islamist-led interim government has decreed that women must wear burkinis - a swimsuit that covers the body except for the face, hands and feet - or other "decent" clothes at public beaches and swimming pools.

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