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interim

/ˈɪntɚəm/

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What does interim mean?

adjective

  1. transitional
  2. temporary

noun

  1. A transitional or temporary period between other events.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɪntɚəm/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Other dictionary pronunciations

/ˈɪntɹəm//ˈɪnɚəm/
CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

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If the interim be but a se’nnight, time’s pace is so hard that it seems the length of seven year.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
After the second weeding, and if any rain has fallen in the interim, the plant will be fully two feet high.
James InglisSport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo PlanterProject Gutenberg ebook #10818
More book examples (3)
When she entered the house she perceived in a moment from her mother’s triumphant manner that something had occurred in the interim.
Thomas HardyTess of the d'Urbervilles: A Pure WomanProject Gutenberg ebook #110
But in the interim, some Spanish regiments had marched in, and every attempt to gain it was repulsed by their heroic intrepidity.
Friedrich SchillerThe History of the Thirty Years' WarTranslated by A. J. W. (Alexander James William) MorrisonProject Gutenberg ebook #566
I will read by-and-by, say I to myself, or to-morrow, or when I please; and in the interim, time steals away without any inconvenience.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600