interim

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/ˈɪntəɹɪm/

adj 2noun 1

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(noun.)

INTERIM + NOUN

period

While we wait for the new manager to start, an interim period of two weeks will be needed.

measure | agreement, arrangement | payment

award, damages

The court granted interim damages to the accident victims while the case proceeded.

profits | figures, results | report | government

PREP

in the ~

While we waited for the new office to open, we operated from a small temporary space in the interim.

PHRASES

on an interim basis

The hospital hired a temporary nurse on an interim basis until they found a permanent replacement.

Definitions

adj

Transitional.

Iraq's government is interim.

In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.

Temporary.

You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

Drogba's goal early in the second half - his fourth in this Wembley showpiece - proved decisive as the remarkable turnaround in Chelsea's fortunes under interim manager Roberto di Matteo was rewarded with silverware.

noun

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.

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Synonyms

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

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Iraq's government is interim.

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In a period of transition from steam to diesel, many of the schemes are inevitably of an interim nature and only on full dieselisation will the final pattern be determined and full benefit derived.

Wiktionary

You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

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

Wiktionary

Tom is serving as interim director.

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In the interim, please send all communications to Tom.

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