What does Interim mean?

Definitions for Interim
ˈɪn tər əmin·ter·im

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. interim, meantime, meanwhile, lagadjective

    the time between one event, process, or period and another

    "meanwhile the socialists are running the government"

  2. interimadjective

    serving during an intermediate interval of time

    "an interim agreement"

Wiktionary

  1. interimnoun

    A transitional or temporary period between other events.

    His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

  2. interimadjective

    transitional

    Iraq's government is "interim'.

  3. interimadjective

    temporary

    You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

  4. Etymology: From interim

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Interimnoun

    Mean time; intervening time.

    Etymology: interim, Latin.

    I a heavy interim shall support,
    By his dear absence. William Shakespeare, Othello.

    One bird happened to be foraging for her young ones, and in this interim comes a torrent that washes away nest, birds, and all. Roger L'Estrange.

    In this interim my women asked what I thought. Tatler.

ChatGPT

  1. interim

    Interim refers to a temporary or provisional period between two events, actions, or positions. It commonly denotes a temporary arrangement or appointment that serves as a bridge or placeholder until a permanent solution or decision is made. It can be used in various contexts, such as interim government, interim CEO, interim report, or interim measures.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Interimnoun

    the meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc

  2. Interimnoun

    a name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics

  3. Etymology: [L., fr. inter between + im, an old accusative of is he, this, that.]

Wikidata

  1. Interim

    Interim is an album by British rock band The Fall, compiled from live and studio material and released in 2004. It features the first officially released versions of "Clasp Hands", "Blindness" and "What About Us?" — all of which were later included on the band's next studio album Fall Heads Roll — as well as the instrumental "I'm Ronnie the Oney". The remaining tracks are all new versions of previously released songs, mostly from studio rehearsal recordings. Interim was originally to be titled Cocked, possibly a reference to Unofficial Fall Website editor Stefan Cooke.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Interim

    in′tėr-im, n. time between or intervening: the meantime: in the history of the Reformation, the name given to certain edicts of the German emperor for the regulation of religious and ecclesiastical matters, till they could be decided by a general council—as the Augsburg Interim (1548), &c. [L.,—inter, between.]

British National Corpus

  1. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Interim' in Adjectives Frequency: #694

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Interim in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Interim in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Interim in a Sentence

  1. Peter Mosch:

    For the employees it is now important that the interim CEO returns the company to calmer waters, drives the (diesel) investigation and brings it to a conclusion, but mostly keeps the day-to-day business in view.

  2. Virginia Tech:

    In the case of a felony arrest, the university has the authority to place a student on immediate interim suspension.

  3. Chief Executive Paul Chaplin:

    There are pre-interim analyses that have been agreed with the FDA (U.S. Food and Drugs Administration). That could, of course, trigger earlier data, but we're not really guiding when they will occur.

  4. Eric Chiou:

    For some LCD panel manufacturers, OLED production may be too much of an investment, especially when that may result in increased competition against their own LCD products, producing OLED panels means taking on an enormous amortization cost ... and there may be a long interim period before seeing profits.

  5. Mike Pence:

    We make clear to them that we will support the interim president's call for amnesty, an inclusive government, an inclusive future for members of the armed forces, who have laid down their arms and stand with the Guaido government.

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  • Jane Cooney
    Jane Cooney
    would a monthly interim service mean a monthly service in the meantime?
    LikeReply7 years ago

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