interimadjective [ before noun ]
uk/ˈɪn.tər.ɪm/us/ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.ɪm/C2 temporary and intended to be used or accepted until something permanent exists:
an interim solution
An interim government was set up for the period before the country's first free election.
used to describe part of a company's business year, rather than the whole year:
Directors declared an interim dividend of 30 cents.
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- There will be an interim government to oversee the transition to democracy.
- The interim government is a mere cipher for military rule.
- The move is intended as an interim measure.
- The interim government was formed in 1990.
- An interim constitution was adopted in 1993.
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Temporary
- a flash in the pan idiom
- acting
- be a nine days' wonder idiom
- casual
- ephemeral
- evanescent
- flash
- here
- here today, gone tomorrow idiom
- impermanent
- makeshift
- moment
- nine
- pop up
- scratch
- short-lived
- short-term
- sticking plaster
- stopgap
- temporary
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interimnoun
uk/ˈɪn.tər.ɪm/us/ˈɪn.t̬ɚ.ɪm/in the interim
in the time between two particular periods or events:
The new secretary starts in June, but in the interim we're having to type our own letters.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Until a particular moment
- before
- date
- day
- far
- hitherto
- in
- inside
- meantime
- meanwhile
- now
- till
- to
- to date idiom
- until
- up to
- wait
- wait till/until ... idiom
- yet
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