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. Inovio CEO J Joseph Kim:

    We plan to dose our first subjects in the next weeks and expect to report phase I interim results later this year.

  2. John Sotos:

    John Sotos described this as a routine, planned interim checkup... the question is why would they plan an interim checkup ? In other words, if John Sotos state of health in February is so good, why would there be the need for an interim ? we obviously haven't had a full explanation of the decision-making that went into this.

  3. Ashish Bhan:

    The court has granted Dr Pachauri interim protection from arrest until March 27, he has had a heart condition since 2010 and doctors advise that he has to undergo certain procedures.

  4. David Mearns:

    With an interim report due to be delivered within a month of the accident, authorities have expressed hopes a remote underwater vehicle provides evidence. FRENCH SOCCER CLUB DEMAND PAYMENT OVER $ 19M EMILIANO SALA TRANSFER AS DIVERS SEARCH FOR HIS BODY The formal search was called off within three days of the plane disappearing from radar last month. It took a campaign by Salas family to raise funds for a private search by American-born, shipwreck-hunting specialist David Mearns, who located the aircraft within hours on Sunday in conjunction with air crash investigators. David Mearns told BBC Radio Wales that finding the pilots body would be difficult. Ive been involved in operations when people were lost and the bodies were found days and weeks after, not far from where they were lost.

  5. Mike Pompeo:

    Our nations must stand up for the rule of law and support the leader who the Venezuelan people have affirmed as their legitimate interim president.

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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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