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interim

See also: intérim and Interim

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Etymology

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Latin interimbor.
English interim

    Borrowed from Latin interim (“meanwhile”).

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɪntəɹɪm/
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    • Hyphenation: in‧ter‧im

    Adjective

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    interim (not comparable)

    1. Transitional.
      Iraq's government is interim.
      • 1960 June, “Diesel locomotive operation on the Great Eastern Line”, in Trains Illustrated, page 374:
        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.
    2. Temporary.
      Synonyms: provisional, (UK) caretaker
      You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.
      • 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport‎[3]:
        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.

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    interim (plural interims)

    1. A transitional or temporary period between other events.
      Synonyms: between-time; see also Thesaurus:interim
      His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin interim.

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    interim n (plural interims, diminutive interimmetje n)

    1. interim (transitional period)
      Synonyms: tussentijd, tussenperiode, overbruggingstijd, overbruggingsperiode
      Tijdens het interim was er veel onduidelijkheid. ― There was much uncertainty during the interim.

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    interim m (plural interims, diminutive interimmetje n)

    1. Someone temporarily performing a given task (replacing someone else for whom a definite successor has not yet been found).
      Synonyms: interimaris, interimmer
      De interim heeft overal een potje van gemaakt. ― The temporary replacement has messed everything up.

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    • Often forms compounds which (with some exceptions: see derived terms and references) are properly formed with a hyphen; e.g. interim-manager, similar to meester-architect and aspirant-arts. Nonetheless these are very commonly written with a space instead of a hyphen (e.g. interim manager), though this spelling is generally proscribed.[1][2]

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    interim

    1. temporarily, ad interim
      Synonym: tussentijds
      Hij werkte interim als barman. ― He worked temporarily as a bartender.

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    1. ^ Genootschap Onze Taal, “interim-manager / interimmanager, interim-werk / interimwerk”, in Taalloket‎[1] (in Dutch), archived from the original on 8 February 2025
    2. ^ Taalunie, “Meesterarchitect / meester-architect”, in Taaladvies.net‎[2] (in Dutch), archived from the original on 24 January 2025

    Latin

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    Etymology

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    From inter + im, archaic adverb from the stem of the pronoun is (“that, this”).

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    interim (not comparable)

    1. meanwhile, in the meantime, in the interim
    2. (post-Augustan) for a while
    3. (post-Augustan) sometimes
      Synonyms: interdum, nōnnumquam, aliquandō

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    • “interim”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “interim”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • "interim", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • “interim”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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