ad interimadv.adj.
/ˌad ˈɪnt(ə)rɪm/, U.S. /ˌæd ˈɪn(t)ərəm/ A. adv.
adv. For an intervening or temporary period of time; in the meantime.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > [adverb] > meanwhile
all the whilec888
to whilec950
the whilec960
amongOE
emethena1300
to whilesa1300
therewhilesc1320
that whilesc1330
i-whilesa1340
in (that, this, which, etc.) meantime1340
in the meanwhilea1375
(all) the (also this, that) meantimea1382
in the mean season (also space)a1382
the mean seasona1382
the meanwhilea1382
in the meantimec1384
for the meanwhilec1390
in the mean(s) whilesc1390
the whilesa1400
the whilsta1400
whilsta1400
(in) the meanwhile that?1418
therewhilec1430
mesne1439
meanwhile1440
for the meantime1480
while1508
in the while1542
in the mean1565
in the mean way1569
interim1580
in (that, this, which, etc.) meanwhilea1593
meantimea1593
this while1594
mean space1600
among-hands?1609
between (betwixt obsolete or archaic) whiles1647
ad interim1701
per interim1724
interimistically1890
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adverb] > provisionally or temporarily
passingly1340
pro tempore1468
while1508
temporally1530
provisionally1597
interlocutorily1620
for the nonce1672
temporarilya1686
ad interim1701
probationally1707
pro tem1777
provisorily1802
to the nonce1802
temporaneously1818
transitionally1832
1701 tr. Refl. Present Interests Several Courts Christendom 38 It would be only a kind of Depositum, while he had it, and he could be only call'd a Pope ad Interim.
1761 tr. F. E. von Fabrice Genuine Lett. to Charles XII. of Sweden l. 208 The Chancellor..has given me ad interim, a letter..that may serve me as credentials in case that I should not again see his Majesty.
1819 tr. S. F. de Genlis New Æra III. 221 You are employed ad interim, in the post which he vacates in Sweden.
1856 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 377 That ad interim the recommendations of the Lords Committee of 1851 would be acted upon.
1922 J. L. Rosenberger Through Three Cent. iii. 355 [He] resigned the presidency, which was afterward tendered to..Lorimer,..who declined it, although he finally agreed to act ad interim.
1990 Times (Nexis) 13 Mar. There should be, at least ad interim, a special military status for the territories which..constitute East Germany.
2005 C. Gandilhon Emperor's Bracelet xlii. 445 Ad interim, only her scholarly endeavor mattered.
B. adj.
Intended to serve for an intervening period of time; temporary. Also as postmodifier in titles.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > duration > shortness or brevity in time > [adjective] > temporary or provisional
whilwendlicc1000
whilenda1050
specialc1400
seasonable1549
temporary1567
provisional1597
provisionary1617
temporaneal1625
provisory1630
interimistical1643
pro tempore1649
temporaneous1656
non-permanent1782
jury-rigged1788
ad interim1806
interim1808
meantime1840
running1851
flying1857
pro tem1858
interimistic1859
temp1909
caretaker1945
1806 Cobbett's Polit. Reg. 16 Aug. 253 The ad-interim prohibition of home-made salt is to be considered solely as an inevitable regulation.
1818 Constit. State of Illinois (U.S. House of Representatives) 72 In the mean while, the new director ad interim, used every exertion to destroy the seeds of discord.
1880 E. J. Reed Japan I. 123 The story of the ad interim empress or regent..has already in the main been told.
1908 Westm. Gaz. 14 Nov. 2/2 Our local officers have..full discretion to give immediate ad-interim help whenever..the circumstances of the case require it.
1947 Rep. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A.: Fiscal Year 1945–6 6 Appointments. Foreign secretary ad interim: Detlev W. Bronk to serve until June.
1968 Jrnl. Libr. Hist. 3 15 If..no American manufactured edition has appeared, the ad interim copyright expires and the work falls into the public domain.
2005 K. D. Ackerman Boss Tweed iv. 83 To implement the idea, they'd simply create a special ad interim Board of Audit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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