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Definition of interim :
1. A name given to each of three compromises made by the emperor Charles V. of Germany for the sake of harmonizing the connecting opinions of Protestants and Catholics.
2. The meantime; time intervening; interval between events, etc.
Synonyms:
transient, Chancellor of the Exchequer, provisionary, ad interim, break, pro tem, lag, hiatus, brief, substitute, fleeting, 1040 form, meantime, corporate welfare, stave, passing, short-lived, temporary, chargeable, slowdown, allowance, provisory, impermanent, meanwhile, the meantime, variable, retardation, continue, provisional, lacuna, audit, acting, inconstant, pause, short-range, 1099, interlude, the Boston Tea Party, gap, claw back, short-term, void, floating
duration (part of speech: noun)
cycle, age, era, duration, measure, interval, spell, period, course, date, season, time, aeon, epoch, span
Usage examples:
- In two hours' time I'll be back again; and if I don't find you the worse in the interim, I'll see about having you transported from this strange place to the snug bed that knows you at home. - "The Two Destinies", Wilkie Collins.
- His adventures in the interim are not worth repeating. - "Kenelm Chillingly, Complete", Edward Bulwer-Lytton.
- It was the misfortune of the time, and of the occasion, which determined Mr. Lincoln to institute a plan of restoration during the interim of Congress, that the Republican party, then in absolute control of Congress, was in no sense equipped for such a work. - "History-of-the-Impeachment-of-Andrew-Johnson-President-of-the-United-States-by-the-House-of-Representatives-and-his-trial-by-the-Senate-for-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors-in-office-1868", Ross, Edmund G. (Edmund Gibson).