interim

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   serving during an intermediate interval of time

   an interim agreement

2. 2
   adj

   Transitional.

   Iraq's government is interim.

3. 3
   adj

   Temporary.

   You are interim manager until he returns from hospital.

4. 4
   noun

   A transitional or temporary period between other events.

   His car is in the shop, but they gave him a rental to drive in the interim.

5. 5
   noun

   the time between one event, process, or period and another

Etymology

From Latin interim (“meanwhile”).