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# interim

adjective (interim); noun (in the interim)

«interim» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Interim means for the time being, until something permanent is arranged; temporary. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/#m1)
2. (formal) In the interim means in the time between two events; meanwhile. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/#m2)

### In the lessons

In formal and news speech: an interim head teacher, an interim report, an interim result. In exam writing: "In the interim, the water cooled." Phrases: interim report, interim measure, in the interim.

### Examples

- The school has an interim head until a new one is chosen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/#x1)
- The team wrote an interim report halfway through the project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/#x2)
- The new road will open next year; in the interim, use the old one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/#x3)
- The interim coach led the team for three matches. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/#x4)
- We set up an interim shelter after the storm. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/#x5)
- An interim payment was made before the full amount. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/#x6)

### Note

Formal. Similar everyday words: temporary, meanwhile. It does not change form. Stress on the first syllable: IN-ter-im.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «interim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/interim/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«interim» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/interim.html) on Mova free.