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INTERIM

Pronunciation (US):

• INTERIM (noun)
The noun INTERIM has 1 sense:

1. the time between one event, process, or period and another

Familiarity information: INTERIM used as a noun is very rare.

• INTERIM (adjective)
The adjective INTERIM has 1 sense:

1. serving during an intermediate interval of time

Familiarity information: INTERIM used as an adjective is very rare.

• INTERIM (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The time between one event, process, or period and another

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

interim; meantime; meanwhile; lag

Context example:

meanwhile the socialists are running the government

Hypernyms ("interim" is a kind of...):

interval; time interval (a definite length of time marked off by two instants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "interim"):

interregnum (the time between two reigns, governments, etc.)

• INTERIM (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Serving during an intermediate interval of time

Context example:

an interim agreement

Similar:

impermanent; temporary (not permanent; not lasting)

"Don't shut the barn door after the horse is gone."
(English proverb)
"The water that does not flow is not fit to drink."
(Albanian proverb)
"Beat the iron while it is hot."
(Arabic proverb)
"Flatter the mother to get the girl."
(Corsican proverb)

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