adjective, noun
adjective [onlybeforenoun]
1 intended to last for only a short time until sb/sth more permanent is found:
an interim government / measure / report * The vice-president took power in the interim period before the election. * He only holds the post on an interim basis.
2 (finance) calculated before the final results of sth are known
SYNPROVISIONAL:
interim figures / profits / results
Part of speech: noun
IDIOMS
in the interim during the period of time between two events; until a particular event happens:
Despite everything that had happened in the interim, they had remained good friends. * Her new job does not start until May and she will continue in the old job in the interim.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for interim is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is interim a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, interim is tagged as noun.
Does interim appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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