Interim
['ɪnt(ə)rɪm] or ['ɪntərɪm]
Definition
(noun.) the time between one event, process, or period and another; 'meanwhile the socialists are running the government'.
(adj.) serving during an intermediate interval of time; 'an interim agreement' .
Checker: Presley--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
(n.) 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.
Typist: Perry
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Interval, intermediate time, mean time.
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Definition
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.
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Examples
- And now, Doctor, we can do nothing until the answers to those letters come, so we may put our little problem upon the shelf for the interim. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- In about a month I hope to be a bridegroom, continued Mr. Rochester; and in the interim, I shall myself look out for employment and an asylum for you. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
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