interim

1 of 2

noun

in·​ter·​im ˈin-tə-rəm How to pronounce interim (audio)
: an intervening time : interval

interim

2 of 2

adjective

: done, made, appointed, or occurring for an interim

Examples of interim in a Sentence

Noun there was a brief interim in the proceedings while everyone got organized Adjective putting up some students in local motels is obviously just an interim solution to the college's housing shortage will serve as interim head of the police department until the investigation is completed
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Then the ‘interim’ was dropped, share prices rise After two months as interim-CEO, Kingsbury was officially named CEO of Kohl’s in February. Ricardo Torres, Journal Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2024 The Bucks haven’t kicked into high gear, have had three coaches already – Adrian Griffin for 43 games, then Joe Prunty as an interim and now Doc Rivers – and there have been times where Milwaukee doesn’t look like a team that can stop anybody. Tim Reynolds, USA TODAY, 19 Feb. 2024 The other is out of Los Angeles, an organization that Cal Western brought in for the interim to fill the hole created when the school paused the original project. Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024 OpenAI named a three-person interim board, which the company said would select new directors. Katharine Gemmell, Bloomberg.com, 8 Dec. 2023 During the interim, Hollywood studios and streaming platforms will remain under pressure to fix their business models. Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Sep. 2023 Including interims, the Panthers’ next head coaching hire will be their seventh since 2019. Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Dec. 2023 Minutes before The Information’s report on Sunday, Bloomberg had reported that OpenAI’s previous interim CEO Mira Murati, who had immediately replaced Altman, was working to re-hire Altman and Brockman. Kylie Robison, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023 Notably, Hit Man did not have a SAG-AFTRA interim agreement heading into its Venice debut. Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2023
Adjective
Ten weeks ago, Deborah S. Brant stepped in as Cincinnati Ballet’s interim president and CEO. David Lyman, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2024 So did West Virginia, where Josh Eilert is 9-20 as interim head coach. Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2024 In 2004, she was named special assistant to the interim president, and later that same year, vice president of policy and government relations. Journal Sentinel, 5 Mar. 2024 Three different Harvard officials were subpoenaed on February 16: Alan Garber, Harvard’s interim president; Penny Pritzker, the billionaire leader of the Harvard Corporation, the school’s governing board; and N.P. Narvekar, the CEO of the Harvard Management Company. Rene Marsh, CNN, 5 Mar. 2024 Butler will succeed Mark Mauldin, currently serving as interim CFO. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 1 Mar. 2024 Singh granted an interim stay pausing a provision in the Feb. 16 verdict that barred the Republican presidential front-runner, his company and co-defendants from obtaining loans from New York banks. Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 29 Feb. 2024 The plant performs research and development in high explosives and serves as an interim storage site for plutonium pits removed from dismantled weapons, according to the Department of Energy. USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2024 The 5-0 vote came after middle school Principal John Unger was appointed interim School District superintendent earlier this month, when the board also placed longtime Superintendent John Karnes... Al Gaspeny, arkansasonline.com, 28 Feb. 2024

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Word History

Etymology

Noun

Latin, adverb, meanwhile, from inter between — more at inter-

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1580, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1604, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of interim was circa 1580

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Cite this Entry

“Interim.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/interim. Accessed 15 Mar. 2024.

Kids Definition

interim

noun
in·​ter·​im
ˈin-tə-rəm
: a time intervening : interval
interim adjective

Legal Definition

interim

1 of 2 noun
in·​ter·​im ˈin-tə-rəm How to pronounce interim (audio)
: an intervening time see also ad interim

interim

2 of 2 adjective
: done, made, appointed, or occurring for an interim
an interim disposition

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